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DanYHKim t1_iz1slh5 wrote

Reply to comment by jacobrussell in Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed? by EuroTraschBozos

Yes.

Young women would wander around the pastures picking up stray wool caught on bushes. These could be carded and spun with a drop spindle.

This practice of aimless wandering while bringing together scattered material is the origin of the term "wool gathering", used to describe unorganized musing.

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