>>>>The History of 'APRONS'
>>>>
>>>>I think you have to be at least 60 -- maybe more-- to fully understand
>>>>this!
>>>>
>>>The History of 'APRONS'
>>>>>
>>>>>I
don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principle 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.
>>>>
>>>>“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been
>>>>fooled.”--Mark Twain
>>>
>>
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