| Title:  |
Picking up the linen threads : life in Ulster's mills |
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Author:  |
Messenger, Betty |
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Contributor:  |
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Publisher:  |
Blackstaff Press |
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Place of Publication:  |
Belfast |
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Date of Publication:  |
1978 |
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Original Date of Publ:  |
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Publication Number:  |
ISBN 0856404152 |
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Number of Pages:  |
xxi, 265 p. |
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Binding Style:  |
Paperback |
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Dimensions:  |
8 in. |
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Contents:  |
Research context -- Historical and processing overview -- "You will easy know a doffer": the spinning-room workers -- "But the hacklers... are of the best class" -- "And her scissors in her hand": the weavers -- Lore of mill and factory -- A last word on folklore and industry -- Appendix A: respondents -- Appendix B: terms and conditions of employment -- Appendix C: rates of wages |
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Notes:  |
Includes numerous black & white photographic illustrations. Includes end-notes, works cited (p. 253-256), and an index. This book was the winner of the 1979 Chicago Folklore Prize. |
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Format:  |
Book |
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Subject - Culture:  |
Irish, Ulster |
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Subject - Time:  |
1970s |
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Subject - Topic:  |
Textile mills, Social life and customs, Factories, Mills and mill-work |
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Subject - Instrument:  |
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Subject - Genre:  |
History |