1. THE
WENVOE
ANIMAL
POUND

2. Meanings of the word ‘pound’
A pound coin - £
A measure of weight
still used in the USA
To ‘hit’ or ‘strike’
He pounded on the table

3. where stray cattle, sheep or pigs
A pound was also a place
where stray cattle, sheep or pigs
were kept until reclaimed by their owners.
It was often made of stone so that the
animals could not escape
This one is in Maine, USA and was built in 1819

4. has not been used to keep stray animals in for over a hundred years.
Wenvoe has a Pound
It is very old but
has not been used to keep stray
animals in for over a hundred years.
This is what it looks like

7. Cows come in
different colours
and sizes

8. Pigs and sheep
might also end
up in the Pound

9. Farmers and farm-
workers like
Harry Skevington
often could not
read or write.
But they could
use a simple tally

10. A Tally stick was usually a Hazel stick
with a notch for each animal
and then cut down the middle

11. The person who found the animals kept one half
and the poundkeeper the second
When the owner of the cattle paid the finder,
he was given his half of the stick which he took
to the poundkeeper

12. The Poundkeeper
or Tallyman looked
after the animals
in the pound until
he was paid and was
given the other half
of the tally stick.

13. People used tallies all over the world
For instance on banana plantations
In the West Indies

15. The Tallyman counted up the number of
bananas each man picked so he could be paid
In Harry Belafonte’s Banana Boat song he sings:
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana Daylight come and me wan' go home

16. That’s 5 cars ! People still use tallies for counting.
Try counting cars going past
For each car make a line on your paper
That’s 5
cars !

17. This is called a five-bar gate
This time when you count the fifth car
make the line go across the others like this.
Then carry on with 4 upright and one across
This is called a
five-bar gate
This makes adding up your tally much easier!
It helps if you know your Five Times Table

18. HOW MANY BARS?

19. NOW HOW MANY BARS?

20. The word pound means many things: a coin, a weight, to hit
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
The word pound means many things: a coin, a weight, to hit
2. Stray cattle were kept in a pound
3. Wenvoe has a very old cattle pound which you can look at
4. The farm workers used a tally stick to record the number of animals found
5. People all over the world may use a simple tally system
6. Using a five-bar gate makes adding up easier