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Leroy Browne explains the modern restrictions on gathering bulrush. He can no longer freely go in the creek and marsh to gather materials since the lands are protected.
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Researcher Dale Rosengarten reads a passage from a Penn School program dating the first year that basketmaking was taught at the school.
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Leroy Browne explains how the bulrush was dried, but the palmetto was kept green.
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Leroy Browne explains where to find materials for the baskets.
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Leroy Browne explains the process of curing bulrush.
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Leroy Browne talks about gathering materials for class.
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Leroy Browne explains that pine needles in the area are the short needle pine and are not that good for basketmaking.
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Louise White hopes younger people will take up basketmaking.
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Louise White talks about why her basket stand is on a particular side of the highway.