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Subject: Re: [MFLR] Meaning of spinster
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:50:41 EDT
In a message dated 6/4/2003 8:53:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> "spinster" was an excellent spinner and that to achieve such a level took a
> lot of time and practice.
> Thus, only those who never married and had a family to care for had the time
> to devote to it. They would often spin for other members of the community.
>
As a textile graduate (Clemson University '64), may I assume we are talking
about the spinning of yarn for weaving here?
Ed Sherman
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