111 Setting the Iomairt. Suidheachadh Na H-Iomairt
SUIDHEACHADH NA H-IOMAIRT [111] | SETTING THE IOMAIRT |
'IMIRT,' 'iomairt,' 'iumairt,' 'umairt' is cloth striped lengthwise, not crosswise. While the warp of the 'iomairt' is composed of stripes of various colours, the weft is confined to one--generally light blue, dark blue, or black. This cloth was confined to women's use, in the 'earasaid,' the 'tonnag,' the 'guaileachan,' and the petticoat. Setting the 'iomairt,' like setting p. 303 other warp, and setting the eggs, and many other operations of the people, was done on Thursday, that being the day of St Columba. Framing the web is a work of much anxiety to the housewife, and she and her maidens are up very early to put the thread in order.
The thread of the 'iomairt,' like that of the tartan, was very fine, hard-spun and double twisted, rendering the cloth extremely durable.
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| AN dubh mu’n gheal, A n dubh am meadhon an deirg, An geal am meadhon a ghuirm, An sgarlaid ris a ghorm, Snathla ri da shnathla Seachd snathla ri coig, |
| THE black by the white, The black in the middle of the red, The white in the middle of the blue, The scarlet to the blue, A thread to two threads Seven threads to five, |
