[LMB] Tealeaves and carpets (was: Re: OT: its a sign...)

[Kathleen Morrison]

It actually seems similiar to scattering pieces of damp newsprint on the
area of the floor where a glass shattered.  Sweeping up the dampened
newsprint insured that all the glass splinters would be swept up as well.

On 8/9/07, Raye Johnsen <raye_j at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- Alexandra Kwan <litalex at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > On 8 Aug 2007, at 7:54 AM, Raye Johnsen wrote:
> > > * In Victorian times, they used to scatter damp
> > used
> > > tea leaves onto carpets and floors; the leaves
> > would
> > > gather up the dirt and dust, and so when they were
> > > swept up the carpets would be cleaner than if they
> > had
> > > been simply swept.
> >
> > Wouldn't that stain the carpet...?
>
> I've no real idea, as I've never actually done it
> myself.  (Thank goodness for vaccuum cleaners!)  But
> it wasn't a case of dropping clumps of wet tealeaves
> to sit on the carpet; the maid would take a tin of
> nearly-dry leaves in one hand, the dustpan and brush
> in the other, kneel down, shake the tin so the leaves
> scattered like pepper on the carpet, then sweep it all
> up together.  The leaves were actually on the carpet
> for no more than a minute.
>
> Raye
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