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IN reply to “Cosmopolitan's” query as to the occurrence of the habit of thread-twisting with the palm of the hand on the thigh in other lands than India, I may say that I have observed the same mode of operating upon paper in Japan very frequently. The paper used there is tough and fibrous, and a Japanese is never at a loss for card to tie a parcel with if he has paper beside him. I have seen the spindle-whorl in actual use in upland districts, and it was employed even in Tokio very recently.
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FAULDS, H. Thread-twisting. Nature 29, 550–551 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029550e0
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