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Richard H Kimmel wrote:
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> Dan et al.-
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> That is a load of glass. Do you have any references of glass being
> used to deter rats and insects? I think your "guess" is right; I
> have an 1873 entry from a diary by William Wallace White, Vance
> County, NC, saying "...brought 3 Bbl's [barrels] iron shavings, to
> put between walls of house to make it rat proof." White's house
> burned and he was rebuilding on the original foundation.
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> The only layers of glass I know of were from a bottle dump at Buffalo
> Springs, VA. The company that bottled the water claimed they did not
> reuse bottles for sanitary reasons but I suspect they didn't want
> people rebottling water under their name.
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There are historic references to the "crocking" of gardens, but the
galss under the floor was a first for me. I just thought that vermin
control was the only answer I could come up with that made sense.
Dan
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