On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:46 AM, HHS Director <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A potential donation is this mystery object:
> http://www.hinghamhistorical.org/html/old_ordinary.html descended in the
> family of a local shipwright. We have been told it’s a niddy noddy, but the
> closest we can come to anything similar is a southeast Asian type of yarn
> winder—possible but remote.

I've never seen one before but it's definitely NOT a niddy noddy. It
might be some sort of rope winder for making rope but it doesn't look
like it will make any kind of useful skein of yarn. It actually looks
like some sort of fishing pole but it might be part of a commercial
spinning machine.

Deb Fuller

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