He did what?

[pharmaT]

When I was searching for my family I came across a boarder at a neighbours house whom the transcriber had listed as being a "murgecal sterdent".  I was so intrigued I had to investigate even though no connection to my family.  Turns out he was a medical student.

[Viktoria]

I wonder what they would make of “a sagger maker’s bottom Knocker.?

 
Seemingly someone who worked in the pottery industry,removing the things that I fired pots were put into the kiln in and which needed to be emptied after the  firing.
Was on a Wilfred Pickles Have a Go programme .late 1940 ‘s or early 50’s.
                                      Viktoria.

[BumbleB]

Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker is a "genuine" occupation in the Potteries area of Staffordshire - NOT a "transcription" attempt. 

[Viktoria]

I am well aware of that.
My point was what would the transcribers make of such a complicated
occupation when a relatively simple one could be so mixed up?
I did not submit it as a transcription error,I wrote “I wonder what they would make of”
The previous errors of transcription were all  of genuine occupations too.
              Viktoria

[HughC]

Strange: I always thought a sagger must be one of those conical things that bends over when a certain temperature is reached (so by looking through a window in the kiln you can tell when the pots are nicely baked).  Wikipedia confirms what you say, Viktoria.  Learn something every day on this forum.

[BumbleB]

If you put "Saggar Maker" into the "Keyword" section for the census returns on either Ancestry or FindMyPast, there are a large number of entries, although I can't readily see any for 1841.