• @[email protected]
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    3021 hours ago

    Anyone who farms or otherwise needs an animal to pull things is going to need a pitchfork for hay, especially in the winter months.

    • @[email protected]
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      1015 hours ago

      Yes, an absolutely infuriating city dweller question. Even in this day and age, you work in a bakery and live in a village, you have a pitchfork. Maybe your daughter has a pony, maybe you have a grassed area that gets cut with a sickle.

    • @SlopppyEngineer
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      1619 hours ago

      A pitchfork is also useful for handling manure, handling plant waste, uprooting vegetables and loosening soil.

    • @[email protected]
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      1419 hours ago

      … and in the time period we’re referencing when discussing angry villagers nearly everyone is a farmer and those who have other occupations still do some casual farming on the side.