Well attestedNamed from the place
Aran jumper
noun · first attested 20th century
The "ancient clan patterns" are a 20th-century marketing invention.
A heavy cream-colored wool sweater worked in raised cable, diamond, and honeycomb stitches.
53.1167°N -9.7000°W · Q212893
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Aran Islands
- In English
Aran jumper
Knitting for sale grew on the Aran Islands off Galway in the early 1900s, and the sweaters reached American shops after the 1940s. The claim that each family had a hereditary stitch so drowned fishermen could be identified traces to J. M. Synge's drama and later tourist copy, not to island records.
Ireland
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