Jean~ Thanks for stirring up long ago memories of lace curtains, hand starching, etc. I recall such pride my Gran and my mother had re: their curtains and the windows sparkling in and out from ammonia, extremely hot water and newspapers. Gran never returned to Ireland and Mayo after she emigrated. Some of her siblings would go home to have their children. But I remember my first trip over to see family and her only remaining brother, after her death. As in your article, walking the streets of Dublin and driving the roads to Mayo, seeing the the windows of lovely homes and obviously impoverished cottages, but they all had lace curtains and window flower boxes. Gran was riding with my brother Pat and I that trip in our thoughts, we could hear again her soft Mayo brogue noting the clean windows and lovely lace curtains. Years later, on a trip, I brought several yards of lace curtain material to decorate my daughters' bedrooms. Today, I walked into my youngest daughter's house, she has just purchased her first home. She had hung up in the living room windows lace curtains. We'd come full circle! Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH Pat Bartos <patmcbar@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Thanks Jean, for that fascinating snippet concerning "Lace Curtain Irish" - I enjoyed it very much!! Pat ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

Mary Ellen - Lovely! Thank you for sharing. J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Chambers" <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] "Lace Curtain" Irish You wrote: "Years later, on a trip, I brought several yards of lace curtain material to decorate my daughters' bedrooms. Today, I walked into my youngest daughter's house, she has just purchased her first home. She had hung up in the living room windows lace curtains. We'd come full circle!" > > Mary Ellen Chambers > Lakewood, OH > Pat Bartos <patmcbar@sbcglobal.net> wrote: