| Summary: | draw v For fish barrels, which did not need to be "tight", the hoops were made of birch. This birch - long and slender being 1 - 2 inches in diameter, were cut in the fall of the year by the men. Itwwas then brought home/ and split up and down the middle, this process was known as "drawing hoops". The hoops were drawn by the man by sitting on a "drawing mare" and splitting the birch with a drawing knife. After being split into two pieces, the birch hoops were then placed in a shaping ring. In this ring the straight birch would be shaped round to fit the barrel. [see illus. in Illustration folder] JH 10/73 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn blank n, haul v, draw-bucket, drawing- ~, draw-latch
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