My name is Remembrance and I am a maple sapper. I use a lot of tools like spouts, buckets, kettles, oxen, a spoon, a drill and an auger. I use the auger to bore hole into trees and insert spouts. Then I hang buckets under them so that the sap drips into the buckets. Afterward, men and boys boil the sap into maple syrup.

    When I stir the sap it makes my arms ace so I hate doing that. I also dislike the steam that rises from the kettle because it makes me hot and sweaty. When I’m boiling the sap and stirring it the only thing I like is the smell of it. I also like to hang the buckets because I love the exercise. When the sap is finished I make candy for children.

    The tools I have I trade for. For example, the cooper will make my buckets and a blacksmith will make my kettle, drill and auger. I trade my syrup for these tools. The baker depends on me so he can sweeten his bread. The innkeeper might want some for cooking or for pancakes.

Click on the icon above to see how to tap a maple tree.

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