"Charles Thorpe" wrote
This might sound a daft question, but where can I buy a besom? You
know, the
traditional witches broom stick, a broom handle with long twigs
fastened on
the end. My old one has disintegrated and I find they are the best
thing
for sweeping muck of the lawn and flags.

I'm near Ipswich in Suffolk, tried a couple of garden centres and
ironmongers but just got looks that said "what a strange chap"!
Regards, Charles

There seems to be a chap who still akes them...........but he's not in
Suffolk :
http://www.thisisryedale.co.uk/ryeda...9/ryedale_feat
ures_countryside111ZM.html

Or make your own :~)
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/...956/besom.html
http://www.paganism.com/ag/crafts/besom.html

Jenny