Hand Barrow - La cheviéthe à bras

A common tool used by Islanders on Jersey farms and in the Canadian fisheries.Hand barrows (eune cheviéthe à bras in Jèrriais) were used in the Island to carry boxes of seed potatoes, guano and the like over rough ground, and so avoided the need for driving across the fields and thereby disrupting the freshly prepared beds. They would have been made by local carpenters often with five or six bars and were carried by two men. They could be laid flat on the ground heavy to be loaded and stacked.

They were taken to the Gaspé Peninsula in Maritime Quebec, by Islanders involved in the 'Newfoundland fisheries', where they were used to carry salted cod over the beaches from the flakes to the stores.

A common tool used by Islanders on Jersey farms and in the Canadian fisheries.