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Waulking

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

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Note about waulking songs, 7 August 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/18
Scope and Contents

Note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] about waulking songs describing how six women work at fulling the cloth, one woman sings and the rest sing the chorus. 'No song must be sang (sic) twice or else it [takes] back the cloth.' There are also fragments of lines from waulking songs.

Dates: 7 August 1886