I was talking to Alec in the pub yesterday. He could only vouch for the sist on Malham Moor. There was a slate deadfall which was triggered somehow by the passage of the fox. It is then a simple matter of removing a couple of stones and letting the dogs do their work. It hasn't been used since...
I was talking to Alec Towler, 83 year old farmer, from Middlehouse on Malham moor this afternoon. He has a fox trap on his land just as described in this thread. He called it a cist.
Beans, beans...they're good for your heart--
The more you eat, the more you fart
The more you fart, the better you feel!
Have some beans with every meal!
I will put a copy of the magazine in the Helwith Bridge pub library today. The next article about Humphrey Smith, the eccentric owner of Sam Smith's, is well worth a read.