[AT] Fw: Grandma's Apron

[Ernie Thackeray]

Thanks John, this sure brought back a lot of very good memories!!!

Ernie 
Samson Model M tractor collector


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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;
And 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. 

 To those who would know, and love the  story about Grandma's aprons.
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