from last time…
what was the purpose of this shoe?
it’s a chestnut crushing clog. of course!
from the display…
“This menacing looking clog was worn in…France in the 19th century for the innocent task of shelling chestnuts.”
if you’d like to learn a bit more about the shoe through the ages, visit this page. it’s an infographic i found (hover your cursor over the timeline shown there).
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Can you imagine strapping those on ? Amazing! (and seriously scary) I would have never guessed, thanks for sharing!
Oh how weird! I was actually thinking this morning I’d use it for crushing something but I was imagining something more gruesome.
Wow, can you believe that was actually the best way to go about it??
Well, of course they are!
yeah, i was thinking something way more…terrible. we went to the hohensalzberg castle which houses some interesting museums (including a marionette museum) and they had a whole section of odd looking torture devices…these shoes would have fit in perfectly there.
here are some links if you are interested:
http://www.guide-to-castles-of-europe.com/hohensalzburg-castle.html
http://www.salzburg.info/en/sights/museums/marionette_museum.htm
those poor chestnuts!!!
who would have thought it? not me for one. i knew it couldn’t have been an ice shoe because if you managed to get that into the ice you’d never have got it out again! however I couldn’t think of anything else amusing or otherwise. ;D