It was definitely the Sweet Gum. The young sapling branches. They grow to be very large and very old with prickly little balls on their branches. We used to wrap them in aluminum foil for decorations for the Christmas tree. The wood is almost impossible to use for burning. It won't bust since it's stringy. It burns good but won't bust. BTW My mom still uses the sweet gum tooth brush. Joyce Gaston Reece -----Original Message----- From: Blue Panther Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:22 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] A tree whose branches we used for teethcleaning 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

Joyce, thank you. I did not think there was anyone left who is old enough to remember the kind of "toothbrush" we used, but to learn one person still uses it is great information. "Preciate your note. Fran Chinkapin On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:21 AM, <jgreece55@gmail.com> wrote: > It was definitely the Sweet Gum. The young sapling branches. They grow to > be very large and very old with prickly little balls on their branches. We > used to wrap them in aluminum foil for decorations for the Christmas tree. > The wood is almost impossible to use for burning. It won't bust since it's > stringy. It burns good but won't bust. > > BTW My mom still uses the sweet gum tooth brush. > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece > -----Original Message----- > From: Blue Panther > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:22 PM > To: cherokee@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] A tree whose branches we used for > teethcleaning > > 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 > > ======*====== > 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 >