An interesting video.
A lot of farmers in Aus and around the world, had sheep ,horses goats that made the grass around the house like a lawn, just from the animals...
As for that sythe lawn cutting.
In Papua New Guinea, that had a system of a mini sythe, you just swung and cut grass with a sharp 4 inch section at the bottom. Still used today for clearing small weeds, but could cut a lawn.. Certainly easier that a proper sythe.
cheers
speedy

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