Traditional Manx Farming: The Fiddle
Channel: Culture Vannin
Date: 2019-06-27

"The fiddle" is a tool now almost forgotten in modern farming, but it was once an ingenious and essential part of all Manx farms.
Ned Kennaugh here demonstrates his own fiddle and explains how it was used to distribute seeds over the ploughed fields.

This was filmed at the Charlie Caine Manx Style Ploughing Championship at Shenharra farm in January 2019, with thanks to Lennie Kerruish, Gill Caine and the Manx Style Ploughing Club.
More information about ploughing matches in the Isle of Man is available here: 
https://www.facebook.com/manxploughing/

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