(LO) TECH GADGET: WHAT IS IT? - ANSWER TO FIRST PUZZLE

Okay. you have had quite some time to answer the first (lo) tech gadget or invention question - WHAT IS IT?

I guess you didn’t know what this (lo) tech gadget was - or you didn’t care. There were three people who guessed - and all got it right. No one tried who didn’t know. So - are you chicken? - or just don’t care?

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Anyway - I said I would tell you what the WHAT IS IT? is and so here we go. It is a one-dog power butter churn. Since this lo tech gadget was from before electricity - and probably steam or coal driven machines too - work had to be done by people power.

Usually it was the woman who did the house chores - the man would be in the fields or out hunting-gathering. Sometimes the children of the family would be stuck with the butter gig - if they could be found.

Apparently - someone got tired of this mundane task and put their dog to work. If you think about it - this was quite an elaborate machine to get a routine job done. They might have even sold time on the machine to neighbors - the start of one of the original “cottage industries” and one, poor, tired dog.

I’m not giving up. I have put up a new picture on the WHAT IS IT? page. Take a look and see if you can get this one. This one is more common - and still is in use in some areas today. And remember, I hate email spam as much as you do. Your email address will never be given away or sold to any third parties, period.

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The dog run (literally) butter churn was taken from the book - “Historic Communities Tools and Gadgets” by Bobbie Kalman - whose publisher graciously allowed the use of this copyrighted material here.

You can find a copy of this book - that has pictures, illustrations and descriptions of various colonial times tools and gadgets. lo tech gadget - of course.

LO TECH GADGET AND TOOLS

If you would prefer newer gadgets for the WHAT IS IT? quiz - high tech gadget, lo tech gadget, electronic gadget, and modern gizmos - let me know through the survey or the contact us page. I aim to please.