The hay rake on the clog for St Barnabas

On the old wooden clog almanacs, the notch for St Barnabas’s Day was cut with the figure of a rake, because the day marked the start of hay harvest. The clog was a square stick of box or other hard wood notched for every day of the year and hung in the parlour, with a picture sign for each feast. Chambers, following Plot’s account of the Staffordshire clogs, lists the rake among these signs.