Add to ORKGwhistle nYears ago people used to make brooms out of "whistle pipe stuff!" This "whistle pipe stuff!" is brush or shrubs. This brush was tied tightly together with the tips of the brush being used as a broom. This type of broom was used in the homes years ago, and is still being used in barns.DNE-citJH 10/71Used IUsed I2Used I[see also 'bisom', 'besom','birch brooms' etc.]; whistle diver; whistle-pip
broom vIt was an old custom to put the birch broom, used for sweeping her, at the top of a schoone...
dogwood160. a hard wood tree on which small, red dogberries grow. Mrs. Driscoll thinks of it as a ...
besomGet the besom and sweep the floor. 'home-made broom of twigs'home-made broom of twigsNot usedN...
whistle nAnother way which we used to entertain ourselves was making whistle pipes. . . . The best...
besom nA broom, especially one made of twigs.Not usedNot usedWithdrawn[see 'bisom', 'bisum', 'bisms'...
whistle nI was taken about the settlement by the local boys, and in a small boat about the harbour...
besom nWe started to go home an' one o' the boys took the handle of a besom. What's a besom? Well ...
rod nLimbs of trees, or twigs, tied to a stick to make a broom, commonly used to sweep out barn...
broom vOne of the oldest whaling customs was what was termed "brooming"; This was a method of sig...
besom_bisom:_ In my community this term was used to mean a broom. It is never used now. ...
whistle nAlders are coming in all day, / . . . It's whistle-pipes from morn to night . . . / ...
besomThe local name for broom was "_bizzen". This was made of alders and used to clean the stage o...
birchBut in the... in the outports now, if you're goin' into a house,in the back entrance, the fi...
birchAnd then you'd get your birch broom -'twas birch broom then. They used to go in the woods an...
besomDuring my Granmother Chaulk's lifetime she always made besoms of green spruce boughs. Such a b...
broom vIt was an old custom to put the birch broom, used for sweeping her, at the top of a schoone...
dogwood160. a hard wood tree on which small, red dogberries grow. Mrs. Driscoll thinks of it as a ...
besomGet the besom and sweep the floor. 'home-made broom of twigs'home-made broom of twigsNot usedN...
whistle nAnother way which we used to entertain ourselves was making whistle pipes. . . . The best...
besom nA broom, especially one made of twigs.Not usedNot usedWithdrawn[see 'bisom', 'bisum', 'bisms'...
whistle nI was taken about the settlement by the local boys, and in a small boat about the harbour...
besom nWe started to go home an' one o' the boys took the handle of a besom. What's a besom? Well ...
rod nLimbs of trees, or twigs, tied to a stick to make a broom, commonly used to sweep out barn...
broom vOne of the oldest whaling customs was what was termed "brooming"; This was a method of sig...
besom_bisom:_ In my community this term was used to mean a broom. It is never used now. ...
whistle nAlders are coming in all day, / . . . It's whistle-pipes from morn to night . . . / ...
besomThe local name for broom was "_bizzen". This was made of alders and used to clean the stage o...
birchBut in the... in the outports now, if you're goin' into a house,in the back entrance, the fi...
birchAnd then you'd get your birch broom -'twas birch broom then. They used to go in the woods an...
besomDuring my Granmother Chaulk's lifetime she always made besoms of green spruce boughs. Such a b...
broom vIt was an old custom to put the birch broom, used for sweeping her, at the top of a schoone...
dogwood160. a hard wood tree on which small, red dogberries grow. Mrs. Driscoll thinks of it as a ...
besomGet the besom and sweep the floor. 'home-made broom of twigs'home-made broom of twigsNot usedN...