spanish moss

Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song called Spanish Moss
Let go darlin'
I can feel the night wind call
Guess I'd better go
I like you more than half as much
As I love your Spanish moss

Well, a dull day doing errands and getting lost a few times. So I caught this spanish moss which hangs on most of the trees down south here ya'all. I'm from the north so it still interests me.
here are some odd facts:
can be up to 25 feet long
The fibers could be twisted into cordage that was used as rope, to lash together the poles that composed the framework of housing.
The dried fibers were used to remove scum in cooking.
Dry Spanish moss was used for fire arrows.

as I said, a dull day.