Wool
Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:
The world's largest wool producer, 1965
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1965 - 1966. Volume 4 of 19.
Vocabulary note for Barrfeal [wool], 1895
Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula for Barrfeal, which is the old wool of a sheep which is still on top of the new wool. He describes how it comes about and adds that 'Fiondarlach' is the wool found 'about the excrement channel and between the legs' and is also used to describe a very thin beard on a young man. The text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
Vocabulary notes and saying connected to wool, basket-making and weavework, June 1887
Vocabulary notes and saying connected to wool, basket-making and weavework probably from Hiorta/St Kilda including 'Balgan-aurais = Auras the bag in which oiled wool is put when ri calanas'; 'Adhrac-bhuaic = Horn in which grease is kept for household purposes', different words for 'Pill' including 'Sgiathag' and the saying 'Chan e aurais tha air mo chuig[e]il'.
Vocabulary notes for wool, 15 December 1894
Vocabulary notes written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula for wool including 'Uanallach', 'Marbhanlach' and 'Earannach'.
What is the ideal carpet wool?, 28 November 1975
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1975. Volume 9 of 19.
Wool Drying on Ground, Islington, New Zealand, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a group of men watching wool drying on the ground in Islington, New Zealand in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Wool fibre shedding in some Merino sheep, 1967
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1967 - 1968. Volume 5 of 19.
Wool from Samuel Marsden's sheep and other contemporary Merinos, September 1966
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1965 - 1966. Volume 4 of 19.
Wool in 1641, 1969-1970
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1969 - 1970. Volume 6 of 19.
Wool in Transit, Walla, New South Wales, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of two wagons drawn by teams of horses that are heavily laden with wool bales in Walla, New South Wales, Australia in the early 20th century.