Four Loom Weaver - Poor Loom Weaver

The theory that Four Loom Weaver is a corruption of Poor Loom Weaver is balderdash. In Lancashire dialect Poor (poo-er) just doesn't sound like Four- (f'er). That is closer to Power (p´er)- which would make sense. Hand looms had died out about 1820.

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