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milling frolic Cape Breton (N.S.) 
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- 1948 When large bolts were available the family would have a "milling frolic" to "mill," or soften, the heavy, warm but coarse cloth and give it a nap. The leader would start a long lilting song and as she did the "milling" would begin, the girls along the sides joining lustily in the chorus, and all beating and thumping the cloth against the bench in time to the tune.
- 1954 In Cape Breton. the people call these community work sessions "milling frolics" and they take place in the autumn or winter, when there is time for singing, working and dancing together.
- 1948 When large bolts were available the family would have a "milling frolic" to "mill," or soften, the heavy, warm but coarse cloth and give it a nap. The leader would start a long lilting song and as she did the "milling" would begin, the girls along the sides joining lustily in the chorus, and all beating and thumping the cloth against the bench in time to the tune.