Poker. Russia, 19th century
The poker ( Ukrainian poker, kotsyuba , Polish. Koczarga ) - a tool made of iron or other fire-resistant material to move burning wood and coal in the furnace of the furnace . Usually it is a thick iron rod about 50-100 cm long, bent at the end at a right angle.
Also in ancient times it was called a burn - a wooden stick, burned at one end. She in the Russian villages stirred the coals in the furnaces, raked the ashes , and if necessary it could be used as a smoking torch to light the hut.
Content
The poker in art
| But, as the black iron leg ran, jumped the poker ...Korney Chukovsky , “Fedorino woe”, 1926) |
| The secretary immediately began to incline this word. Who what? - the poker ... Who, what? - poker ... Who, what? - the poker ... But, having reached the plural, the secretary faltered and said that the plural is spinning in his head, but now he cannot remember himMikhail Zoshchenko. "Poker" |
See also
- Hook
- Grip
Literature
- Shangina I.I. Kocherga // Russian traditional life: Encyclopedic dictionary. - SPb. : The ABC Classic , 2003. p. 400-401. - 688 s.
- Belova O.V. Kocherga // Slavic antiquities : Ethnolinguistic dictionary: 5 tons. / Under total. ed. N.I. Tolstoy . - M .: International Relations , 1999. - T. 2 (Give - Crumbs). - p. 635-637. - 702 s.