Hawthorn in Knuckle

[oldwoodcutter]

Many years ago we were working in a stand of timber which blackthorn had been left to  encroach.

I was only young but remember an old cutter got stabbed in his scrotum by a thorn, chainsaw trousers of course were unknown that time of day so it had gone straight through his trousers and pants, although as we know not even modern saw trousers will stop one.

He went to one side and sorted himself out but realised as the day wore on he must have left a small bit of the tip in himself.

 When he came back to work after a few days  he explained that it had swelled up to the size of a cricket ball quite quickly, his old lady was unable to find  it, so of course he went to his village doctor who numbed him and did remove it, and put him on antibiotics or whatever.

Needless to say he was the butt of continuous ribald comments from the squad for a long time after that.

Edited May 2, 2023 by oldwoodcutter