I gather from what I'm reading that hemp (akin to flax) was also grown all over the place as a cash crop and for all manner of items--until someone found you could manipulate it and get high on it! Anna Grace Boyd Foster On Aug 13, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > My Scot ancestor (not Boyd) brought Flax seeds over & planted them in > PA, > then his son took Flax seeds to West Va. They made linen out of Flax, > and > the women made dresses out of Lindsey-Woolsey...a combination of > linen & > wool. > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] weaving in Scotland > > >> I have been doing some research on weavers in colonial times. An >> indigo >> dyed blue cloth similar to denim (actually called denim or jean) was >> made in England and Scotland as a strong work cloth. So this may be >> what the McKays and Boyds were weaving back in mid 1700s in Frederick, >> MD. >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >> trees >> >> >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

I think you'll find that the hemp you smoke and the hemp you weave are two different varieties. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [Boyd] weaving in Scotland > I gather from what I'm reading that hemp (akin to flax) was also grown > all over the place as a cash crop and for all manner of items--until > someone found you could manipulate it and get high on it! > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > On Aug 13, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > > > My Scot ancestor (not Boyd) brought Flax seeds over & planted them in > > PA, > > then his son took Flax seeds to West Va. They made linen out of Flax, > > and > > the women made dresses out of Lindsey-Woolsey...a combination of > > linen & > > wool. > > > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] weaving in Scotland > > > > > >> I have been doing some research on weavers in colonial times. An > >> indigo > >> dyed blue cloth similar to denim (actually called denim or jean) was > >> made in England and Scotland as a strong work cloth. So this may be > >> what the McKays and Boyds were weaving back in mid 1700s in Frederick, > >> MD. > >> > >> > >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >> > >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >> trees > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > > trees > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >