Och, an jist for the record... (if ye'll indulge me in a wee bit o thread creep)

The Shakers (the Shaking Quakers) are NAE deid yet! The last survivin community o Shakers is at Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester, Maine, jist ane toon awa frae me. There are four true Shakers left, but they are supportit by a muckle grait band o followers, the "Friends o the Shakers", that help wi' the upkeep o the plaice. There's a woman in oor food co-op that usit tae live wi the Shakers, an Ah ken a local wuid-wairker that studied furniture-makin wi them an builds/repairs an occasional piece for them. Ah'm thinkin that they'd tak in new folk even the noo, if onyane's serious eno & earnest eno aboot jynin 'em. 'Tis still a guid way o life, tae ma way o thinkin.

--Cuilionn