I thought you all might enjoy this. Never realized how well my Mother had it. Knew how much better it is now than when I was a child. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALHN: Family Wash Day........ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:13:41 -0400 From: Norm Vance <nvance@cbpu.com> Reply-To: nvance@cbpu.com Organization: MI USGenWeb/A.L.H.N. Genealogy & History Projects To: alhn@rootsquest.com CC: MIBRANCH-D@rootsweb.com, MIGEN-L@rootsweb.com This was sent to me by a researcher friend of mine, Mary Kane of Coldwater, MI....thought you might enjoy it. "RECIPE FOR DOING THE FAMILY WASH Written in its original spelling for a bride a few generations ago. 1. bild a fire in back yard to heet kettle of rain water. 2. set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert. 3. shave one hold cake lie sope in bilin water. 4. sort things, make three piles. 1 pile white. 1 pile cullord. 1 pile work britches and rags. 5. stur flour in cold water to smooth, then thin down with bilin water. 6. rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, then bile, rub collord, but don't bile - just rench & starch. 7. take white things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then rench, blew, and starch. 8. spred tee towels on grass. 9. hang old rags on fence. 10. pore rench water on flower bed. 11. scrub porch with hot sopey water. 12. turn tubs upside down. 13. go put on cleen dress - smooth hair with side combs - brew cup of tee - set and rest and rock a spell and count blessins. Well wash day is a far cry from what it was in the days of yesteryear. Thought that you might enjoy this and particularly the spelling of the words. Gives you an idea why names were spelled differently than what they actually were. Norm Trail Tree Village 175 N. Michigan Ave., #127 Coldwater, MI 49036 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ 1705347 E-Mail: nvance@cbpu.com AOL IM: norm1231 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surnames: VANCE-STEELE-BLANCHARD-FERRIS-ADAMS TERPENING-DUNTON-DONBROCK-PAUL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE**: All my Family Trees are NOW LISTED in my homepage. Homepage URL: http://members.tripod.com/~nvance/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 10 MI County Index: Michigan USGenWeb A.L.H.N. Project Pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5666/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Coordinator - Maryland A.L.H.N. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnmdus/md.html *******************************************************************