Yeah...those roly-poly bugs can really clog up the filter! ;o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "suebod" <suebod@tampabay.rr.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:15 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Mothers Day Memories-ots > My husband's grandmother told of a sibling of her husband's. About age 5, > he was playing with a stick under the wash tub fire. Somehow he unsettled > the pot, the water dumped on him and he died less than 24 hrs later. I've > read several reports where women were badly burned and even died from > their burns, when their skirts caught fire from the laundry fire. > > At least laundry isn't dangerous anymore. Unless you put your hands in one > of my little boys' jeans pockets! I always turned them inside out first. I > encountered some nasty surprises, like a small snake or a pocket full of > bugs. Makes a mess in the washer too. > > Sue > > At 10:18 PM 5/15/06 -0400, you wrote: >>Getting kids clothes clean back in 1930s was some job. There were only two >>choices: scrub the clothes on a washboard, or boil them.Boiling them got >>the >>dirt out, but damaged the threads,and they didnt last as long. After the >>clothes >>were laundered, they had to be ironed with a "Sad" iron. The iron was >>heated >>on the cook stove, no electricity in most homes back then.Those were the >>days >>!! >> >>Shelby >> >> >>============================== >>New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >>at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >>http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >