prong-handle

Updated: May 9, 2025

They take every opportunity of leaning upon the prong-handle, or standing in the shade they seem to have no idea of time. Women are a sore trial to the patience of the agriculturist in a busy time. If you want to understand why, go and ensconce yourself behind a hedge, out of sight but in view of a field in which ten or twelve women are hoeing.

Richard Jefferies - The Toilers of the Field