'Oh, I am a bachelor. I live all alone. And I work at the weaving trade. And the only, only thing. That I ever did wrong. Was to woo a fair, young maid.'
The bachelor hero of this famous folk song worked in the oldest industry in England. He was a weaver.
The British learned how to spin and weave wool under The Roman occupation, nearly two thousand years ago. And the wool industry remained the most important source of England's wealth, until the arrival of cotton at the end of the 18th century.
Naturally enough wool has left its mark on the language: A dyed in the wool conservative is a person who is thoroughly and completely conservative in his beliefs.
To pull the wool over someone's eyes is to deceive or dupe them.
But the most commonly heard expression is Get weaving! (It means 'make an energetic start'). It is also a typical use of the word get. In fact the word get always means 'make an energetic start' when it is followed by the -ing form of a verb.
People frequently say: I must get moving when they are about to leave.
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