Colonial Tools

Question 0

Used to drain “bad blood” for the ill.

Answer 0

Fleam

Question 1

Used to cut sugar cubes or cones

Answer 1

Sugar Nipper

Question 2

Used to straighten or tighten a colonial mattress

Answer 2

Bed Wrench

Question 3

Used to bake batter for bread or pies in a Dutch oven, which used heated coals.

Answer 3

Waffle Iron

Question 4

Used to cut a candle wick so it didn’t smell as the candle burned

Answer 4

Iron Snuffers

Question 5

Used to separate flax fibers so they could be sewn into yarn, then colonial clothes

Answer 5

Hetchel