Where does the phrase 'as daft as a brush' come from?

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I found an explanation which I think is a maybe---the Victorian chimney sweep!





It seems that children were first used as sweeps since the skilled child was small and could easily work his way vertically through the confined space, clearing blockages and removing the build up of soot by hand.





While in training the apprentice was sometimes dropped head first down the chimney which caused severe cerebral damage. Hence the phrase.





Either that, or just that the children only knew how to clean chimneys and so were quite daft in all other aspects of life... seeing as they were called ';sweeps'; or ';brushes'; therein the phrase is born!Where does the phrase 'as daft as a brush' come from?
a fox's tail is called a brush. It looks incongrously large as appendages go.Where does the phrase 'as daft as a brush' come from?
Brushes are right daft, have you ever spoken to one, the things they come out with, now brooms on the other hand, they're quite intelligent :)
The Victorian chimney sweep.





It seems that children were first used as sweeps since the skilled child was small and could easily work his way vertically through the confined space, clearing blockages and removing the build up of soot by hand.





While in training the apprentice was sometimes dropped head first down the chimney which caused severe cerebral damage. Hence the phrase.





Either that, or just that the children only knew how to clean chimneys and so were quite daft in all other aspects of life... seeing as they were called ';sweeps'; or ';brushes'; therein the phrase is born!
paperworkpaul hit it on the head well done and saved me loads of typing give him big 10 thanks
From Victorian days when children were used as chimney sweeps or even as a chimney brush. Sometimes children with a low IQ were used, hence the term daft as a brush.

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