| Summary: | birch did not collect dirt, such as manure, too easily as did store bought deck brooms. A birch broom was made by cutting small elder "_gads_", binding them together by interweaving other elder gads, trimming off the bottom, and driving a handle made from "var" (fir) stick, which had the bark removed from it, into this bundle. See cited quotation. DNE-cit DICT CEN. JH APR 1971 about 24" elder gads interwoven binding trim with axe or saw about 4 1/2 feet var handle <--- drive in about 8"-10" Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I This is the reverse of B_3891. There is an illustration on this card. Source appears in DNE as C 67-6. Only a portion of this card is cited in DNE I.
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