From time immemorial heather has been used for making besoms, a practice recorded in Buy Broom Buzzems a song probably written by William Purvis ( Blind Willie ) ( 1752 1832 ) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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Beside the title song, other traditional songs include " Broom Besoms ", " Go From My Window ", " I Live Not Where I Love ", and " The Sheffield Apprentice ", the latter two sung unaccompanied.
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Eddon, one of the last British manufacturers of besoms _ the traditional bound twig broom beloved of cartoon witches _ attributes the surging demand for his product to the popularity of J . K . Rowling's kid wizard, Harry Potter.
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Other houses were built at the same time on Lower Common, including the Traveller s Rest ( or Besom, opened by 1880, closed late 1980s . ) In 1866, there was a weir for fishing, with 650 putchers, at Aylburton Warth.
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Upon this, the greater part was unpocketed, and being collected together, the treasure was conveyed to the hall, deposited in a tub of water and well washed with a birch-besom, and on the following day deposited in the old bank of Preston.
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About 43 % of the UK's foodbanks were run by Trussell, about 20 % by smaller church networks such as Besom and Basics, about 31 % were independent, and about 4 % were run by secular food bank networks such as " Fare Share " and " Food Cycle ".
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There was usually a smartly dressed " Leader " who carried a staff, stick, or whip, and sometimes other stock characters, such as the " Merryman " who played music, and Punch and Judy ( both played by men ) with blackened faces; often brightly dressed, Punch carried a long metal fire iron and Judy had a besom.
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"' EMT pants "'are cargo pants which have 6-way cargo / scissor pockets on one or both legs, each with a hidden zippered pocket on top of cargo pocket, a bellowed flap pocket with increased carrying capacity, Besom pockets on calves for glove storage, and 3 slots for scissors ( two fitted with snap closures ).
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It has often been assumed that, in England, jumping over the broom ( or sometimes walking over a broom ), always indicated an irregular or non-church union ( as in the expressions " Married over the besom ", " living over the brush " ), but there are examples of the phrase being used in the context of legal weddings, both religious and civil.
