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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All, I am still learning the "rules" of the
game, so I was a little miffed when nobody believed my real def of
"raddle" to be a weaving term, as I expressed in comments to
Elliott. I just realized, with the help of Judith and Fran, that you
demand sources. I supposed that my weaving teacher Norma Smayda, who has
been Pres. of the Weavers' Guild of America, would be enough of a source, but
you do not know her or me. I thought that my experience teaching weaving
occasionally in the past would be enough, but you demand print, as you
ought. I will get back to you. "Someone" must have moved the dozen
or so weaving books I own, and it was time to finish organizing my stacks of
various books and videotapes and art materials, anyway. My interests and
collections are varied and profuse, alas. Somewhere in this vast
accumulation of treasures there is a copy of Hardy's <EM>The Return of the
Native</EM>, where The Reddleman is a character (he sells the sheep dip).
I alway hoped to find more info on reddle sheep dip, as I have a number of
outdoor animals, (but no sheep); but "reddle"<EM> </EM>wasn't in my
dictionary. Perhaps it was raddle after all. Perhaps also, there is the
origin of "dyed in the wool". Probably some Aussie films (the ones
with the sheep-shearing contests) could have a bit of dyeing, as well. Is
the sheep dip against parasites or in lieu of branding?. More later,
when I find stuff. Linda</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>