EPISODE · Apr 14, 2025 · 36 MIN
Linen: Spun By A Witch Hunter!
from Tales From the Fiber Side: Epic Fiber stories from history and myth · host Suzy Brown
In which we learn about a woman called Christian Shaw, who as a child of 11, 'rid' her Scottish County of 7 witches, and then went on to singlehandedly improve the quality of Scottish Linen! There may have been some espionage involved, definitely a curse, and the famous linen 'bleaching fields' in the Netherlands. What a tale!References & Further Reading:1. Levack, Brian P. The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe – A broader look at the social and political climate that led to cases like the Bargarran Witch Trials.2. Beveridge, Craig. Scottish Industrial History: A Study of Textiles and Innovation – Examines the development of the Scottish textile industry, including early industrial espionage.3. Wikipedia: Christian Shaw – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Shawhttps://www.paisley.org.uk/famous-people/christian-shaw/ JOURNAL ARTICLEThe Genesis of the Linen Thread TradeH. C. LawlorUlster Journal of Archaeology, Third Series, Vol. 6 (1943), pp. 24-34 (11 pages)https://www.jstor.org/stable/20566424
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In which we learn about a woman called Christian Shaw, who as a child of 11, 'rid' her Scottish County of 7 witches, and then went on to singlehandedly improve the quality of Scottish Linen! There may have been some espionage involved, definitely a curse, and the famous linen 'bleaching fields' in the Netherlands. What a tale! References & Further Reading: 1. Levack, Brian P. The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe – A broader look at the social and political cl...
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