----- Original Message ----- From: <KLMPIANO@aol.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:00 AM Subject: [KYL&F] sunbonnets > Grandfather's Journal, page 57: > > "While the girls and younger women often wore hats to Sunday meeting > almost all women and girls wore bonnets - specially in summer - and prided > themselves on their ability to cut out from the cloth and make their bonnets > - from the common everyday slat bonnet to the nicest quilted pattern for > Sunday wear - and do them up, too - along with other items which had to be > starched and ironed. > Made their own starch from potatoes and used about an eight pound iron > which was heated on the open wood fire. Those old irons had iron handles > which got hot, too, and a heavy cloth was used to prevent burning the user's > hand - until a detachable handle was invented - that was something!" > > Kay > >