And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Norwegians making lime bast rope by hand. Fascinating.
This stuff has been found in Viking burials dating back to the 800's. Tough stuff!
If interested, the Lime tree referenced is not the citrus tree: limewood is the European for Linden. Woven bast was used by Russian serfs to make footware, and the stones of Stonehenge were dragged into place with bast ropes. This technology is at least 10,000 years old.
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Interesting, do they soak it in fresh water or salt water?
ReplyDeleteIt's salt water from the nearby fjord, and it's in there for three to four months.
DeleteIf interested, the Lime tree referenced is not the citrus tree: limewood is the European for Linden. Woven bast was used by Russian serfs to make footware, and the stones of Stonehenge were dragged into place with bast ropes. This technology is at least 10,000 years old.
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DeleteWow! T^hat was fascinating. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWow! T^hat was fascinating. Thank you.
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