Spinning (was Re: Spinner's End in Real Life (and a trailor tip)

[potioncat]

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> Tonks:
> I wonder if there is any connection between the actually 
> place "Spinners End" and goats and socks and DD's brother and DD's 
> Mirror of Erised socks, and then Snape tossed in too.  JKR has 
> certainly used a play on words for the location of Snape's house and 
> what Snape himself is (a spinner of lies, traps, webs, etc. And the 
> fact that his taking the vow is his *end*).


Potioncat:
Oh, I never made that connection in spite of this bit of coincidental 
information:
In my crazy web surfing for folklore about spinning and spinners, I 
came upon a site that caters to home spinners. So not only were there 
links to fairy tales, yarn, patterns, etc., but a site for a sock 
making machine. 

One of the reasons we "spin a tale" is because women used to tell 
stories as they sat around spinning. And of course, after you spin,  
you weave. 

There's also the little ditty that I barely remember:
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. Now 
that bit of spinning does fit the chapter!

On a side note, once upon a time, there were several threads that 
dicussed Snape has having a number of feminine images about him. 
Brewing potions/cauldron being seen as  more of a witch's role than 
wizard's at least historically. Now we've added spinning to that image. 
No point here, just an observation.