Comments on: hod instrument? http://www.filamvetsrondalla.org/history-of-instrument/hod-instrument Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:59:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: matt http://www.filamvetsrondalla.org/history-of-instrument/hod-instrument/comment-page-1#comment-3248 matt Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:40:59 +0000 http://www.filamvetsrondalla.org/history-of-instrument/hod-instrument#comment-3248 I'm not sure if this is what you are asking about. In English, a "hod" is a tool that is used by masons - workers who build using stone and bricks. The hod is used to carry the mortar - the cement - that is used to stick the bricks together. 100 years ago before we had modern equipment, a hod was made from two flat pieces of wood, stuck together to form a trough or carrier. A long handle was attached. The worker would put a shovelfull of wet cement on the hod, put the hod on his shoulder and climb up a ladder to the level where the other workers were putting the bricks into the new wall. This was really hard work. The cement was heavy and you had to climb a ladder carrying it over your shoulder. But you didnt need a lot of training to learn to do it. So, in the early days of the USA, back in the 1800s, most of the men who "carried a hod" were immigrants who were ignorant, often didnt speak English or have any job skills. It was a very low status job.<br><b>References : </b><br> I’m not sure if this is what you are asking about. In English, a "hod" is a tool that is used by masons – workers who build using stone and bricks. The hod is used to carry the mortar – the cement – that is used to stick the bricks together.
100 years ago before we had modern equipment, a hod was made from two flat pieces of wood, stuck together to form a trough or carrier. A long handle was attached.
The worker would put a shovelfull of wet cement on the hod, put the hod on his shoulder and climb up a ladder to the level where the other workers were putting the bricks into the new wall.

This was really hard work. The cement was heavy and you had to climb a ladder carrying it over your shoulder. But you didnt need a lot of training to learn to do it. So, in the early days of the USA, back in the 1800s, most of the men who "carried a hod" were immigrants who were ignorant, often didnt speak English or have any job skills. It was a very low status job.
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