The manager of a factory may seldom touch the cotton, flax, iron, or other material, which is manufactured; nevertheless, he works with his head and his pen, calculating the prices at which he can produce goods, inquiring where he can buy the materials most cheaply, choosing good workmen, keeping the accounts straight, and so on.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
One time she told a neighbour that the money she saved from her dealings in flax would be found near a big rock on the lake-shore, which she indicated, and that she wanted the three children to have it.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
The Father left us then; and with the help of Hugh's sister as an interpreter I took down what he said:- The flax-Seller's Return from Faerie.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz