This silk flag of the Weavers of Yetholm in Roxburghshire is dated 1779. At the top is a crown and the royal monogram G.R.III (for King George III), the motto 'INDUSTRIA DETAT' and a wheat sheaf. Near the bottom there is the inscription 'MENS DAYS ARE SWIFTER THEN A VEAVERS SHUTTLE'.
Red silk flag of the Weavers of Yetholm, at the top a royal monogram and motto "INDUSTRIA DETAT", near the bottom the inscription "MENS DAYS ARE SWIFTER THEN A VEAVERS SHUTTLE" and date 1779
The Weavers were the most numerous craft in Yetholm in the late 18th century, there being 35 out of a total population of just over 1000 in 1797.
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