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2. Chimney sweep - Wikipedia

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   A chimney sweep in Wexford, Ireland in 1850. A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys may be straight or contain many changes of ...

3. Luzula campestris - Wikipedia

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   It is also one of the plants known as chimney sweeps [2] or sweep's broom [3] because of the brush-like appearance of their flowers. [4] This is a very common plant throughout temperate Europe extending to the Caucasus. This species of Luzula is found on all types of native grasslands, and cultivated areas such as lawns, golf-course greens and ...

4. Joseph Glass (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Glass (1791/2 – 29 December 1867) was the inventor of a successful chimney-sweeping apparatus, and a campaigner against boys being employed in sweeping chimneys. Life [ edit ]

5. Kent Brushes - Wikipedia

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   A Kent Brushes badger-hair shaving brush. G. B. Kent & Sons (trading as Kent Brushes [1]) is a British manufacturer of brushes and one of the country's oldest independent companies. [2] It was established in London in 1777 by William Kent, and manufacturing moved to its current site at Apsley, Hertfordshire, in 1901.

6. Jack in the Green - Wikipedia

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   Many accounts from the second half of the 18th century describe chimney sweeps dressing up in costumes for May Day, including in wigs, crowns, and coats. Some cross-dressed in women's clothing, and many either blackened or whitened their faces. [10] These chimney sweeps created music by banging together their brushes and shovels. [10]

7. What are SLO County’s most haunted places? Check out ... - AOL

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   Pink Lady spotted at Adelaida Cemetery. The cemetery off Chimney Rock Road west of Paso Robles dates back to the 1800s. Weathered tombstones are surrounded by tall grass, gnarled oaks and twisty ...