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The annual Sma’Shot Day took place on Saturday, 3rd July 2010. The day started at noon with the procession from the Dooslan Stane at Brodie Park - led by Tony Lawler on the Charleston Drum with Provost Celia Lawson and members of Renfrewshire Council following behind and ended just after 5pm with the Burning of the Cork.
Sma' Shot Day originates from the weaving industry, which, in the 19th century made Paisley and the surrounding area one of the major textile producing areas in the British Empire. The sma' shot was a binding thread which held together the patterned shawls which Paisley is famous for. But, because the sma shot was never seen in the finished shawls the manufacturers refused to pay the weavers for the yarn. After many years of dispute, the weavers won their cause. In celebration the traditional July holiday was renamed Sma' Shot Day and is celebrated on the first Saturday in July.
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