Tally stick

A tally stick was a stick marked with notches for counting. This milk tally stick, from Harris in Inverness-shire, was used to keep an account of the number of cows milked. It was last used in 1879.

The lower half of the stick contains a line of notches.

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Online ID:	000-100-000-143-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland W.SH 24
Date:	19th century
Material:
Dimensions:	122 mm L
What:
Subject:	Dairy (NMAS Classification)
Who:
Where:	Scotland, Inverness-shire, Harris
Event:
Description:	Milk tally stick used in Harris in 1879
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