[MR] Re: [MedEnc] gourds

[rmhowe]

> Were gourds used in our time frame [pref. 12th C Wales, of course] for
> dippers or kettles or bottles?  Gwen
>
> Jennifer Hill / Gwen verch Rhys

While I am sure they had their uses I have yet to see an actual article
or book or bibliographic mention on uses for them. Possibly they didn't
survive well, but I've never researched them in period.
Obviously many cultures have cultivated them.
Gee, YOU could write a Compleat Anachronist!

Some resources I found after the wife attended the local Gourd
Festival here in Raleigh, NC, USA this last September.
Check your local Farmer's Market. I've seen lots of decorative
ones at ours:

[Bird nests seem like a neat idea only for large birds.
Little ones are too easily pulled out of the nests by
pest birds in my experience and I use longer entrance holes
for my small bird houses. Chickadees - 7/8-1" for example.
I glue in plastic pipe fittings to protect the young that
larger birds cannot reach through.]

May be of use to you:

GOURDS:
http://www.americangourdsociety.org/

http://www.americangourdsociety.org/NCinfo.html
North Carolina Gourd Society.
Annual dues are $10 and include four newsletters. For information,
write:
North Carolina Gourd Society, 259 Fletcher Avenue, Fuquay-Varina,
NC 27526-9801 or call (919) 557-5946  9/02

Sources for Gourds and Gourds Seeds in North Carolina:
Gourds:
Linda E. Fisher, 11901 Cooper Road, Nashville, NC 27856
   (252) 443-0715 / (252) 443-4439 9/02

Will Ferrell, 1033 Ferson Road, Apex, NC 27502 (919) 362-6381 9/02

Gourd Seeds and Gourds:
Harry Hurley, (919) 557-5946, 259 Fletcher Avenue, Fuquay-Varina,
    NC 27526-9801  9/02  email: harryhurley at hotmail.com  URL:
http://www.mindspring.com/~harryhurley/seeds.htm

http://www.jkstacydesigns.com/GourdArtistsGuild.html 9/02

http://www.cucurbit.org/  9/02

Gourd Central, 7264 SR 314, Mt Gilead, OH 43338, or phone (419)
362-9201.
Seeds / Latin America / USA / Africa / Books, Videos, CDs / Music /
Craft Tools and Supplies
http://www.gourdcentral.com/  9/02
Dremel Woodburner - Good quality woodburner with 5 interchangeable tips,
including exacto style cutting blade. The hot cutting blade, designed
for cutting plastics, turns out to be just the thing to cut complex
shapes in gourds. $29.95

Primitive Originals  http://www.primitiveoriginals.com/
Gourd Supplies, Tracing translucent burn through paper, Jewelry and
Handmade Reproductions of Native American and Prehistoric Artifacts.
9/02
Ben and Karen Kirkland, 304 Chehaw Park Road, Albany, GA 31701
(912) 432-7109   knapper at surfsouth.com (ebay ID)
Bob and Kathy James, 344 Creekside Drive, Leesburg, GA 31763
(912) 420-9982  doublelift at aol.com

GOURDGEOUS FARM, LLC.
OFFICE PHONE  941-723-6051 Sales at GourdgeousFarm.com
P.O. Box 445, Palmetto, Florida  34220
http://www.gourdgeousfarm.com/  9/02

http://www.georgiagourdsociety.com/
Charlotte Durrence, 1208 Highway 119 South, Springfield, GA 31329
Please contact Charlotte for any questions on membership. Email her at
gourds1 at aol.com, or call her at 912-754-9479  9/02

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