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Flax Scutching Festival
Flax Scutching Festival
By: © Nelson Taylor 2012
In the early 1700s there were no Gap khakis and no Old Navy fleece jackets. Back then folks mostly made their own clothes. But today, flax scutching, or the art of creating linen from the flax plant, has been all but lost. Thanks to Stahlstown, who since 1907 has been taking people back to a simpler time with their Flax Scutching Festival held every September, the art of spending three days to make one shirt is coming back.
The funny thing here is that it's not the oldest flax scutching event in the nation. It's the second oldest. Oh, what it must feel like to be #2 in the flax scutching world. But don't let that fact keep you away. There's lots of out-dated fun for the whole family: wheat weaving, carving apple head dolls, quilting, leather crafting, gospel, outdoor worship and a mock Indian raid. This is a free event.
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The above snippet is just one of a collection of 240 off-beat articles on 2camels from Nelson Taylor's wonderful America Bizarro.
America Bizarro is a unique travel guide that celebrates humorously interesting, pop-culture kitschy and off-the-map odd festivals, out-of-the-way gatherings, kooky conventions, conferences and contests throughout the United States.
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