Writing my family history for my descendants, and cannot remember the name of the tree whose little branches we used to clean our teeth. We pulled back some bark and used it much as today a toothbrush is used. Anyone on this list who grew up in back country of S GA and N FL know what tree that might have been? 'Preciate the help. Fran Chinkapin

I think it the sweet gum tree -----Original Message----- From: Fran West-Powe Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:28 AM To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com Subject: [Cherokee Circle] A tree whose branches we used for teeth cleaning Writing my family history for my descendants, and cannot remember the name of the tree whose little branches we used to clean our teeth. We pulled back some bark and used it much as today a toothbrush is used. Anyone on this list who grew up in back country of S GA and N FL know what tree that might have been? 'Preciate the help. Fran Chinkapin ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Blue, that has familiar sound, so my gratitude. Thank you. Fran Chinquapin On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Blue Panther <Blue_Panther@otelco.net>wrote: > I think it the sweet gum tree > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fran West-Powe > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:28 AM > To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Cherokee Circle] A tree whose branches we used for teeth cleaning > > Writing my family history for my descendants, and cannot remember the name > of the tree whose little branches we used to clean our teeth. We pulled > back some bark and used it much as today a toothbrush is used. > > Anyone on this list who grew up in back country of S GA and N FL know what > tree that might have been? > > 'Preciate the help. > > Fran > Chinkapin > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >