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Show Dick to King Alfred. Spinster Is nn Anglo-Saxon word. Tho fleece which wns brought homo by the Anglo-Saxon farmer In summer wns spun Into clothing by the femnlos of tho family during the winter. Alfred Al-fred the Great In bis will called tho femnlo part of the family the splndlo tide, and It was nn axiom with our frugal forefathers that no young woman wo-man wns fit to bo n wlfo till she bad spun for herself a sot of body, tnbto J and bed linen, nenco fho maiden wns 1 termed a spinner 6r spinster. London Chronicle. |