"Mary Fisher" wrote in
t:

Yebbut there's nothing - no spool - on which to wind the
yarn.

it's not a shuttle. it might be a 'sword', but i've not seen
a bone one, or one that shape.

The person who's asked about it has now said that it was
bought at a yard sale and they were told it was a shuttle -
they didn't know!

obviously neither did the seller... did they indicate where in
the US it might have originated?
lee
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Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.