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Updated: May 2, 2025
The crooks are formed of two poles,* about ten feet long, bent, when green, into the required curve, and when dried in that shape are connected by horizontal bars. A pair of crooks, thus completed, is slung over the pack-saddle one 'swinging on each side to make the balance true. The short crooks, or crubs, are slung in a similar manner.
"In such a place as Chagford," says Mr. Rowe, "the cooper or rough carpenter will still find a demand for the pack-saddle, with its accompanying furniture of crooks, crubs, or dung-pots.
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