whitewash-brushes

Updated: September 15, 2025

When cut into coarse straws, it forms the brooms and whitewash-brushes of the country; and, as a substitute for bristles, it is made into scrub-brushes; and, finally, it supplies the place of hair-combs among the common people.

Robert Anderson Wilson - Mexico and its Religion: With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of: the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events: Connected With Places Visited