T HE M ARRAM W EAVERS OF N EWBOROUGH
An ancient Anglesey craft
P LETHWYR M ORESG N IWBWRCH
Un o grefftau hen Môn

Marram grass, which binds the sand-dunes in the south west of Anglesey, was once the raw material for the craftswomen of Newborough. They supplied the island's farmers with mats to cover haystacks, withn grass ropes, and with brushes for whitewashing. This booklet tells their story Ar un adeg, roedd y moresg, sy'n clymu twyni tywod de-orllewin Môn, yn ddeunydd crai ar gyfer gwragedd lleol a'u crefft. Arferent gynhyrchu rhaffau gwair a matiau i'r ffermwyr lleol roi dros eu teisi gwair, a brwshys ar gyfer gwyngalchu. Mea'r llyfryn hwn yn adrodd eu stori.

 

Text Miriam Griffiths Bilingual, Welsh and English
Series editor Robert Williams  

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Contents Copyright/Cynnwyshawlfraint: Menter Môn, Cyswllt Cyf
1997-99. Arlunydd, Designed by keith openshaw.

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