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unusual facts about String bag


String bag

The production of string bags dates back to 1920s to the town of Žďár nad Sázavou/Saar in former Czechoslovakia, present Czech Republic, when a salesman Vavřín Krčil, representing Jaro J. Rousek company, began to produce string bags under own trademark Saarense (EKV) at the local chateau Ždár.



see also

Preston Plucknett

The village is included in The Meaning of Liff (defined as "a very large string bag made of thin strong cord into which feathers from freshly killed ducks and chickens were stuffed, from Preston in Lancashire".