A 360° video series immersing you in the world of Ulster’s Rhyming Weavers – Ulster-Scots poets who flourished over the 18th & 19th Centuries. In this episode, filmed at The Ulster Folk Museum, we hear about David Herbison – known as ‘The Bard of Dunclug’. Born in Ballymena on October 1800, at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to the loom as a weaver, a very desirable career, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries when Ulster’s linen trade was booming. David had a lifelong love of poetry and books and was inspired to write his own poetry using the Ulster-Scots tongue of Mid Antrim. David lived in an age when industrialisation was bringing massive societal and cultural change. Several of Herbison’s poems, written around this time, lament this shifting world and the loss of people and skills. \Enjoy a reading of “The Auld Wife’s Lament For Her Teapot”. On one level, it’s an old lady in distress because she has broken a favourite teapot which had served her well for years. However, the real meaning of the poem is that the old days have passed: things and people which were once useful, valued and respected, are now overlooked and redundant. The poem moves from sweet nostalgia to fear for the future; and the smiling housewife who once had money to spend and could host parties with pride, now wishes her days to be ended. Produced with the support of Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund, the series has been filmed using a 360° camera. You can use your mouse (or a VR headset) to look all around you. For best experience, watch using a desktop, laptop, tablet or VR headset.