A woman in historic costume blows on a lighted slow match to keep it smoldering. It is held in a linstock used to fire cannon

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Sir John Savile's Household is a C15th Living history and re-enactment society. Linstock a name derived from the Dutch lonstok meaning 'match stick'. It had a sharpened end to stick it in the ground and often a bladed end which the gunner could use as a weapon.

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Size: 3267px × 4901px
Location: Sherwood Nottingham UK
Photo credit: © wyrdlight / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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