What does waulking mean?
Waulking means present participle and gerund of waulk.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of waulk.
But in the Outer Hebrides in particular, this form of work song still existed, attached to its original function, well into the 20th century, for waulkings continued to be practised as a communal task by women in their homes until the 1940s.
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Waulking means present participle and gerund of waulk.
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But in the Outer Hebrides in particular, this form of work song still existed, attached to its original function, well into the 20th century, for waulkings continued to be practised as a communal task by women in their homes until the 1940s.
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