What does waulking the tweed mean?
Waulking (in Gaelic luadh) is the technique of. finishing the newly-woven tweed by soaking it and thumping it rhythmically to shrink and soften it – all done by hand in the old days. The songs served to keep the rhythm and lighten the work.
What does waulking wool mean?
Waulking is another word for fulling, a step in woolen clothmaking that refers to the practice of cleansing the cloth to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities. Fulling involves two processes, scouring and thickening, and is one of the steps in creating melton cloth.
What is a Scottish waulking song?
Waulking songs (Scots Gaelic: Òrain Luaidh) are Scottish folk songs, traditionally sung in the Gaelic language by women while fulling (waulking) cloth.
How old are Waulking songs?
They were recorded all over Scotland and the earliest items date back to the 1930s.
What is the Waulking song in Outlander?
I spoke with writer / producer Toni Graphia about the song, and she said “The wool waulking song that Claire sings with the ladies is an old traditional wool waulking song called ‘Mo Nighean Donn. ‘ It translates to ‘My brown-haired lass,’ a term which Jamie later uses an endearment for Claire.
What was a Fuller?
A fuller, a worker who cleanses wool through the process of fulling.
What is a cloth fuller?
A fuller is one who fulls cloth. To full cloth is to make it heavier, by shrinking the fabric, then pounding it with hammers to make it denser, then pressing it out. Very common with wool.
What is a Waulk?
Waulk definition (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
What does Mo Nighean Donn mean in Gaelic?
My brown haired lass
You may have to brush up on your Gaelic in order to correctly pronounce the name of these inspired by knitted arm warmers! Mo Nighean Donn means “My brown haired lass” which Jamie Fraser affectionately calls his wife Claire in the TV Series, Outlander.
What is Faulk?
Proper noun Faulk (plural Faulks) A surname.