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   of spinning and weaving the strong threads and, after bleaching, produced a beautiful cloth called linen. In the farm-houses we still see specimens of this fine textile in towels, table-cloths etc., into which dainty patterns have been worked.

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2. Old Crafts

   

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   The people of Stramatt used to make their own candles from rushes. The green skin was peeled off at first and the white pith was then soaked in tallow. They were then dried and placed in a basket affair resembling the whip-holster of our present-day traps though it was much larger.
   About forty years ago my Grandmother used to spin her own clothes. She took the sheep's wool and rubbed between two squares of cardboard until she made it into long, thick coils. This process was known as "Carding" She then made it into yarn by means of the spinning-wheel. The wool was the dyed in different colours; a red dye was got from the raspberries, a peuce from the black-berries and so on, and then woven into cloth.

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