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the ancient art of binding stiff grass into the only weapon witches trust
means The craft of fashioning brooms by binding bundles of broomcorn, twigs, or other stiff fibers to a handle for sweeping.
from "Broom" comes from Old English "brōm," the name of the yellow-flowered shrub (still called broom today) whose springy stems were once bundled and used for sweeping — the tool quietly stole its name from the plant. "Making" is simply Old English "macian," to make or shape. So broommaking literally describes the act of turning a shrubbery into a sweeping instrument, a meaning that outlived the original plant once broomcorn and other fibers took over the trade.
- sorghum stalks
- Most brooms are dried broomcorn, not actual corn
- flat invention
- Shakers flattened round brooms in the 1790s
- besom craft
- Traditional bound brooms predate sliced bread by millennia
- winding wire
- Modern broomsquires still use foot-powered binding machines
shakers at sabbathday lake — maine community still makes traditional brooms by hand, continuing 200+ year shaker craft tradition
heather broom festival — annual event in scotland where craftspeople demonstrate and sell traditional heather brooms