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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
thatching needle
Simple home-made 'needles' were used by thatchers to thread twine around bundles of thatch to hold them in place on the roof. Brambles were also used in some cases for this purpose. This example comes from Chwilog, Casernarfonshire