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Waulking the cloth.

Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID 65191
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.115

Original Tape ID

SA1961.115

Summary

Waulking the cloth.

The contributor remembers when the women would waulk the cloth. There would often be 24 of them at one table, singing songs for four to five hours at a time, during which 300-400 yards of cloth would be waulked.

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

English

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good