<P> An instance known generally as grandfather's axe, where over time both the head and handle have been replaced, has been personified with the names of famous hatchet and axe wielders such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln . </P> <P> In the UK, Trigger's broom from the television sitcom Only Fools and Horses is used as the standard example of a' grandfather's axe' . Colin "Trigger" Ball, a road sweeper, wins an award for having owned the same broom for 20 years . He reveals that it has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles, but insists it is still the same broom . </P> <P> In Europe, several independent tales and stories feature knives that have had their blades and handles replaced several times, but are still used and represent the same knife . France has Jeannot's knife, Spain uses Jeannot's knife as a proverb, though it is referred to simply as "the family knife", and Hungary has "Lajos Kossuth's pocket knife". </P> <P> In Japan, Shinto shrines are rebuilt every twenty years with entirely "new wood". The continuity over the centuries is spiritual and comes from the source of the wood in the case of Ise Jingu's Naiku shrine, which is harvested from an adjoining forest that is considered sacred . In 2013, the shrine was rebuilt for the 62nd time . </P>

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