Have you actually found a series of old push brooms in your garage, shed, or old barn and, even though they’re not really something you need anymore or perhaps they have broken handles, it would just break your heart to get rid of something so. It has a traditional design with a long handle connected to a flat broom head filled with bristles. Find out how you can make one of your very own on Uncommon Goods. House brooms were not always bought at a store.They were often crafted at home from field straw, broom straw, or corn husks.It's another folk art that is rarely practiced anymore in the Delta.As with the Rag Rug looms, John and I thought we'd revive the art.So, we journeyed to Kentucky and Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill to be taught by the experts of American broom-making. Find out how you can make one of your very own on Uncommon Goods. The first type is the Standard Broom, which is perfect for quickly sweeping up small messes in indoor spaces. Old brooms or handmade branch brooms were utilized.Not one blade of grass or weed escaped the weekly yard sweeping.A ritual that was repeated over and over into the 1950s and 60s.I remember as a child being curious as to how a few of the tenants yards had no grass on them, until one day I saw a lady sweeping the dirt.I found it an odd thing to do until I realized it was her way dealing with the grass and weeds.The dirt packed down into an almost concrete hardness over the years. At one time, a Delta farmhouse wasn't complete without a set of brooms and whisks to sweep the dirt out the door, clear the cobwebs out of the corners, whisk away the fireplace ashes, and quickly remove crumbs from the table.There has been the need for a broom as long as there has been someone to insist on cleanliness, and the Delta is no exception.not only for inside the home, but outside, too.Many tenant homes rid their yards of grass by sweeping them.The cleaner the yard, the better.
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