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Subject:
FWD: Timber framing tradition
From:
Mary Krugman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
BP - "The Cracked Monitor"
Date:
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:28:21 EDT
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Thought you all might enjoy a bit of a discussion from H-Rural on why timber
framers nail a tree to the ridge or gable framing when they are done. Do you
have any other good stories about this tradition. Anyone have any other
sources for it?

A Michigander friend of mine finished off a timber frame barn with a small
evergreen tree tied to the top. I thought it had something to do with his
Nordic heritage.

Mary

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