I, too, had such a grandmother. She even had good aprons that she wore when she went visiting. It was a rare moment to see her without an apron and usually it was on the day of the family reunion. Thanks for sharing. Pearl ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] grandma's apron > What a wonderful memory.....this is great. I had 2 grandmother's who did > all those things. Until seeing this in print, I had forgotten all those > uses. > Viola > > -------------- Original message from [email protected]: -------------- > > >> Subject: Grandma's apron >> > > Grandma's Apron >> > > The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect >> > > the dress >> > > underneath, >> > > but along with that, it served as a holder 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; 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 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 THIS! >> > > Grandma use to set her hot baked apple pies on the >> > > window sill to >> > > cool. >> > > Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to >> > > thaw." >> >> >> >> ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page >> http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >> > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN