![TEXTILE TALK ~ Part 1: Linen & Ramie - 'History House' Antique Patterns by the Fashion Archaeologist TEXTILE TALK ~ Part 1: Linen & Ramie - 'History House' Antique Patterns by the Fashion Archaeologist](https://thefashionarchaeologist.com/uploads/1/2/1/6/121630325/retting-flax-ireland-ca-1900_orig.jpg)
TEXTILE TALK ~ Part 1: Linen & Ramie - 'History House' Antique Patterns by the Fashion Archaeologist
Throwing the flax out of the dam | dam | Local man Tom Stewart takes on the unpleasant task of throwing the retted flax out of the flax dam. Have you ever
Photo's of Portglenone - After the Flax was pulled it had to be steeped in a lint dam. Lint dams would have been a common sight in Ireland many years back, I
![THE LINT-PULLING DANCE by Cahal DaIlat with additional comments by Pat Mc Cambridge – Glens Of Antrim Historical Society THE LINT-PULLING DANCE by Cahal DaIlat with additional comments by Pat Mc Cambridge – Glens Of Antrim Historical Society](http://antrimhistory.net/wp-content/uploads/Cloney-Farm_thumb.jpg)