Sunday, February 17, 2008
Spinning Wheel
"What do you do there, good woman?" asked the princess.
"I spin, my beautiful child," answered the old woman.
"Ah! how pretty it looks!" said the princess. "How do you make it work? Give me a try, so I can see whether I could do it as well."
-- Charles Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty
Photo image: Photograph of elderly Irish woman, spinning, ca. 1890-1900. Library of Congress, public domain
"I spin, my beautiful child," answered the old woman.
"Ah! how pretty it looks!" said the princess. "How do you make it work? Give me a try, so I can see whether I could do it as well."
-- Charles Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty
Photo image: Photograph of elderly Irish woman, spinning, ca. 1890-1900. Library of Congress, public domain
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