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 |  Subject: Grandma's apron  Tue 06 Nov 2012, 16:25 | |
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  Remember making an apron in Home Economics? Read below: The History of 'APRONS'
I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The
principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath
because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash
aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But along with that,
it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From
the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks,
and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.. And when the weather was cold Grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When
unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much
furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When
dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron,
and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes. Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's aprons. REMEMBER: Grandma
used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her
granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think
I ever caught anything from an apron - but love...   | |
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