We use to do the same with spool and rubber band and soap you put the soap on the end with long stick I thank I am not shore. Connie C

TWIMC A few days back I received an E-mail making a query as to where "Moltke" was located, I replied and deleted the E-mail. Since I have found a picture of the old Moltke Store, with its advertising signs on the front of it, ie "Deering Harvesting Machinery" and another about some type of LIVER POWDER, and others that cannot be read, it is sometime between 1875 and 1919, and was owned at first by Andrew Jackson Gray who died in 1893 and was operated by his widow until 1819, then became Moltke Mercantile Company. If that person is interested I will be glad to send them a copy. It states that Moltke was located 1 1/2 miles upstream from Scott Fitzhugh Bridge. As i previously said.

Suzanne, My german grandfather made that same toy, the one with the spool and rubber band, only he used a kitchen match stick, and had a piece of soap for lubrication, can't remember exactly where that went. This is the first time I've had anyone else recall that toy. It was a big deal though. We live in Ca. so those things spread afar, Don Gray

Did any of you make May baskets?? My sister and I began collecting boxes early in April ( the round oatmeal and ice cream boxes were "special ") We'd use a paste made from flour and water to attach handles , and cover them with crepe paper. On the 30th, we'd go to the woods and gather violets and johnny jump ups, arrange them in the baskets along with home made candy and cookies, and eagerly wait until dusk for delivery. We would sneak up to the door, knock and yell "May Basket", hide , and watch the faces of the elderly and shut in recipients when they opened their doors and picked up their baskets ! ---------- > Suzanne, > > My german grandfather made that same toy, the one with the spool and rubber > band, only he used a kitchen match stick, and had a piece of soap for > lubrication, > can't remember exactly where that went. This is the first time I've had anyone > else recall that toy. It was a big deal though. We live in Ca. so those things > spread afar, > > Don Gray > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? >

I grew up in MO. and we made rings, bracelets and necklaces from lightning bugs. It was fun and we thought they looked like diamonds! Carolyn Whitford

Well, It's the truth.

In a message dated 7/25/99 12:49:01 PM Central Daylight Time, bwhiz@mindspring.com writes: << I once made binoculars out of two TP rolls and a whole bottle of elmers. What about the jewelry chests made from cigar boxes, macaroni and gold spray paint. >> Yes, as a young lad we made telephones out of two tin cans, small hole in the bottom and a string put through each hole, pulled tight between and you could talk between the cans and understand. Ira

I, too, grew up in MO, and we put the lightning bugs in a jar, and called them flashlights. Did you go to sleep on warm summer nights listening to cicadas? And wake up hearing the mourning doves ? ---------- > I grew up in MO. and we made rings, bracelets and necklaces from lightning > bugs. It was fun and we thought they looked like diamonds! > > Carolyn Whitford > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >

Don't forget the tin can lid nailed onto a stick with the sides turned up and a metal rim off a barrel for rolling! ---------- > In a message dated 7/25/99 12:49:01 PM Central Daylight Time, > bwhiz@mindspring.com writes: > > << I once made binoculars out of two TP rolls and a whole bottle of elmers. > > What about the jewelry chests made from cigar boxes, macaroni and gold > spray paint. > >> > > Yes, as a young lad we made telephones out of two tin cans, small hole in the > bottom and a string put through each hole, pulled tight between and you could > talk between the cans and understand. > > Ira > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My Family Tree has Root Rot !! >

My mother-in-law, who collected everything on earth, had two apple dolls, some original corn husk dolls, and some kind of early American doll carved out of a broomstick. When she died, we all took what we wanted, and you should have seen collectors at the estate sale fighting over those dolls. If you have any, hang on to them! PS Cher, I'll take your coat!! It'll have a place of honor in my "country" guest bedroom! Karen

We once got on that subject with my dad and he made us his one of his favorite toys his dad had made for him and it was an old spool and a rubber band, and a piece of a popsicle stick. He would put the rubberband through the center of the spool and across the top and then put the section of popsicle stick through the ends of the rubberband he wound it for us and let it go! It was the best tractor toy I had ever seen because it worked on its own (and without batteries)! I have since made that same toy for my son who is 4, and it is a way of him to learn about someone he will never know :) Suzanne

What a cherished gift.... I have a handmade coat that my grandmother made for me... it is a real "Coat of Many Colors'... She made it from quilt pieced and made it to fit me at the time...... I was about 12... I didnt stay in it long... as I was in a growing spurt! But I have it and will keep it until I find the right relative to inherit it..... kinda rough..as none of my cousins are really interested~ nor their kids.... they are really missing out...<g> -----Original Message----- From: Mary Russell <bird@scrtc.com> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 4:17 PM Subject: Re: more primitive toys... >My Aunt and Uncle were about as poor as the dirt he was trying to grow >crops on and they had 9 children . Her children didn't lack for toys but >she made them . She carved little hands and feet and used gourds for the >dolls heads and painted faces on them . Dressed them up fancy is scraps of >cloth. Her family said that she made boys toys too. >When I got married she wanted to send me something , so she carved me a >doll -- A bride all dressed in white. The Face and hands and feet are >whittled and painted. I still have her and cherish her after 47 years of >marriage. >Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com > > >

My Aunt and Uncle were about as poor as the dirt he was trying to grow crops on and they had 9 children . Her children didn't lack for toys but she made them . She carved little hands and feet and used gourds for the dolls heads and painted faces on them . Dressed them up fancy is scraps of cloth. Her family said that she made boys toys too. When I got married she wanted to send me something , so she carved me a doll -- A bride all dressed in white. The Face and hands and feet are whittled and painted. I still have her and cherish her after 47 years of marriage. Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com

This might help interpret some of the old handwritings you have to deal with... Hope so. Cher http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mahudson/ole-hw.htm

Down in the Ozark area of Missouri they made dolls out of rags and the faces craved out of apples. And of course who cant remember the corn husk dolls and ones made out of clothes pins. Pozzydaz

I once made binoculars out of two TP rolls and a whole bottle of elmers. What about the jewelery chests made from cigar boxes, macaroni and gold spray paint. Or hats made of those big velvety leaves and clover hair garlands. Or grass on a comb to make a kazoo. Marsha -----Original Message----- From: THarper834@aol.com <THarper834@aol.com> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 12:29 PM Subject: Re: more primitive toys... >Does anyone remember the drums made from Oatmeal boxes and the telescopes >from toilet paper rolls. Grandma in Idaho made all kinds of "Gifts" for her >19 grandchildren from castoffs in the house. >Toni >

--part1_c119c4d4.24ccd837_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-07-25 16:50:53 EDT, CComer3992 writes: << What about Holly Hock dolls ,and all the balls and teas they were dressed to attend. My sister played With holly hock all sumer long . I thank Mom tought me to make them but I never played with them much. Does anyone remember the drums made from Oatmeal boxes and the telescopes from toilet paper rolls. My sisters and I played with them . was one of the meny things we played with them >> --part1_c119c4d4.24ccd837_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: CComer3992@aol.com From: CComer3992@aol.com Full-name: CComer3992 Message-ID: <c119c4d4.24ccd2ad@aol.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 16:50:53 EDT Subject: Primitive Toys To: To:DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 64 What about Holly Hock dolls ,and all the balls and teas they were dressed to attend. My sister played With holly hock all sumer long . I thank Mom tought me to make them but I never played with them much. Does anyone remember the drums made from Oatmeal boxes and the telescopes from toilet paper rolls. My sisters and I played with them . was one of the meny things we played with them --part1_c119c4d4.24ccd837_boundary--

My grand mother used to make for my Mother... minature furniture.. beds, chest of drawers , dressers, and wardrobes from match boxes.... she taped them or used muslege(sp?) glue.... she would use odd pieces of paper to decorate them.. and drawers would open.,,,, and close and according to Mother they were pretty substancial... though made from kitchen match boxes....

- >Primitive toys... I missed out knowing my Grandpa but my brother said that the old man would often make him whistles and other toys, like those little men that would dance . Anyway his favorite story is one where the old man spent several days making him a cross bow. Jimmy said he watched as the old man worked and listened to the stories about what he could do with this bow. When it was finished they went out into the back yard where Mom was boiling and scrubbing clothes. The old man put in an arrow and shot it and it passed by Mom with a whiz and went entirely through both the front and back walls of her chicken house. jimmy said Mom raised up and said " Dad, What is that thing?" He said " Babe, it is a cross bow I made for the boy" Mom said " Where did the arrow go? " He replied that he thought it went through the chicken house and Mom said " let me see it thing" When she got her hands on it she threw it into the fire. That was the last of the cross bow. Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com

Primitive toys... Several times when I was a girl, Dad and I would sit at the picnic table and he would make me animals from corn stalks. He pulled out his pocket knife and began to cut figures from the slightly green stalks .... Using the various parts of the stalk and silk or tassle ...he would make cows, horses, pigs...of course with fences to corral them ... I remember he would pick a large stalk for the body and the smaller for legs.. tapering them to a flat edge .. he then slit the body and shoved the slitted end of the leg, neck or what ever into the body. he even put horns and utter on the ol cow...For the utter he used the pith from the middle so he could whittle it smooth and he put four little teats on it... I was so impressed.... He was able to cut a curl in the stalk for her two horns.... He stuck the animals together with pegs made from the outter casing of the corn stalk.. I have never seen anyone other than him do this... it was mesmerizing.... to watch him.. it was cool and the sun warm on our sweatered backs... just me and him on a Saturday afternoon... whittling... Have any of you ever seen this? Cher