| Summary: | bull rush 'If you haves a head [ barrel head] and you haves a knot in the edge of 'im or if when you puts your head in an' it opens the staves you uses a bull rush to plug it." "You uses a flagin' iron to put it in." [see 'slough'] Explanantion: The bull rush is a bout 1/2 inch in diameter (about 3 1/2 " - 4" long_ at its widest point and tapers off. It is not grown in Newfoundland as far as the informant is aware. It is, of, approximately the same texture and colour as cardboard, the kind found in most packing cartons. DNE-cit JH 11/75 Not used Not used Withdrawn slough Withdrawn but no stamp; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.
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