birch bisoms
birch There was a time at Elliston when people made their own brooms from Alder branches; these brooms were called birch bisoms. You could pick the twigs to make the broom at any time and in any month with the exception of May. It was taboo to pick the alder branches in May as this would cause a dea...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11421 |
| Summary: | birch There was a time at Elliston when people made their own brooms from Alder branches; these brooms were called birch bisoms. You could pick the twigs to make the broom at any time and in any month with the exception of May. It was taboo to pick the alder branches in May as this would cause a death in the family . . . See cited quotation. DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I and Sup Not used Used I Source appears in DNE I as C 69-17. |
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