Fibrous History

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I was in Donaghadee, County Down, when I snapped this shot of rope. I was with the lovely Grannymar, who kindly offered to take me to Donaghadee.  We had a grand time snapping shots of the lighthouse, quay, boats, and coastline.  The rope captured my attention from the back of a fishing boat.  I wondered about how it had been used, and who used it.  I pondered how many of my ancestors fished off of that craggy coastline.  Heck, the person that rolled it up in such a particular fashion might have been one of my relatives.

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