The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.

The spinsters and the knitters in the sun,
And the free maids that weave their thread with bones,
Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth,
And dallies with the innocence of love,
Like the old age.

– William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 4. Orsino to Cesario (Viola), asking for a song that wool spinners and knitters used to sing while they sowed, and maidens while they weaved.

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