The 5th Day - Wednesday - April 12, 2006
Pa finished hanging the rafters today...
And inside view of the truss work...
Pa "tops out" the rafters with an evergreen cedar tree. Pa calls it the wetting bush and says that it is a tradition to "top out" when woodbuilding or hanging steel is done. He believes the tradition of the wetting bush is to ask the Higher Power for rain to wet the wood and let it shrink properly before applying the final roof. The tradition is mentioned in THE GOLDEN BOUGH By James Frazer - "It was common practice in spring or early summer for the people to go into the woods and cut branches and fasten them to every house. The intention of these customs is to bring home to the village, and to each house, the blessings which the tree-spirit has in its power to bestow."
Pa finished hanging the rafters today...
And inside view of the truss work...
Pa "tops out" the rafters with an evergreen cedar tree. Pa calls it the wetting bush and says that it is a tradition to "top out" when woodbuilding or hanging steel is done. He believes the tradition of the wetting bush is to ask the Higher Power for rain to wet the wood and let it shrink properly before applying the final roof. The tradition is mentioned in THE GOLDEN BOUGH By James Frazer - "It was common practice in spring or early summer for the people to go into the woods and cut branches and fasten them to every house. The intention of these customs is to bring home to the village, and to each house, the blessings which the tree-spirit has in its power to bestow."
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