- use
wooden staves called "
distaffs" to
control their magic, with
which they "weave the very
fabric of reality".
Distaff Day
Spindle (textiles) Wand...
-
within the
context of a
gathering of
women who meet with
their spindles and
distaffs to spin. They
discuss folk
wisdom related to
their domestic lives, including...
-
technique to
ornament the
distaffs, and by the mid 19th
century saw the
transition from
incrustation to
painting of
Distaff.
Gorodets artists traditionally...
- The Breeders' Cup
Distaff is a
Weight for Age
Thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and mares,
three years old and up.
Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies'...
- kinship,
through the mother's lineage, also
called the
spindle side or the
distaff side. A
patriline ("father line") is a person's father, and additional...
- The
Distaff Stakes is a
Grade III
American Thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and
mares that are four
years old or
older at a
distance of
seven furlongs...
-
Saint Distaff's Day,
Distaff Day, or Rock Day, is 7th January, the day
after Epiphany, and was the
traditional day on
which women would start spinning...
- The
Derby City
Distaff Stakes is a
Grade I
American thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and
mares aged
three and
older over a
distance of
seven furlongs...
- to
which he
wrote reviews and the pro-slavery
novel The
Sword and the
Distaff (1854).
During his
literary career he
served as
editor of
several journals...
- An old
woman spinning,
spindle in her
right hand,
distaff in her left...
