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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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 Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 1:50:49 PM
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My daugter sent me this, it is so sweet. I knew you gals would enjoy it.
Ahh, the good ole days!
Never thought of a "washer" in this light before..what a blessing!
' Washing Clothes Recipe' -- imagine having a recipe for this ! ! !
Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe:
This is an exact copy as written and found in an old scrapbook - with spelling errors and all
WASHING CLOTHES
Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water.
Sort things, make 3 piles
1 pile white,
1 pile colored,
1 pile work britches and rags.
To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water.
Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch.
Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch.
Hang old rags on fence.
Spread tea towels on grass.
Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water. Turn tubs upside down.
Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
www.mikkijo.etsy.com
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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Lavendar fields dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
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little monkeys mommy
washington
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 1:55:39 PM
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 3:47:25 PM
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| This is how I washed clothes at the cabin til last summer when the neighbor gave me his old wringer washer. Oh my, what a blessing that was. The wringers make all the difference int he world. When I was wringing by hand, my arms, wrists and hands ached for the rest of the week!! |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 3:56:00 PM
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Oh Mikki, that is just priceless! Boy, did that pull at my heartstrings! Bless their hearts. I remember my DH's grandmother making lye soap. What a sweet clothes washing recipe to a new bride (could scare a young woman away  ! I cherish the sweet recipes and notes my Mother gave to me as a new bride 36 years ago! Thanks Bunches for sharing it.
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 4:10:08 PM
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Thanks Mikki, that was fun to read and it was just plain sweet.
NANCY JO
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 4:12:37 PM
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Ohhhhhhhhh! Nancy Jo! Your cookies on your blog look very yummy!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 6:09:34 PM
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What a lot of work that must have been! I have trouble keeping up with laundry with an electric washer (no dryer until I come over to my parents). Of course, we do wear clean clothes everyday. I think that will be the biggest challenge to living primitive is compromising in that area occasionaly.
Trina
http://glitteringgoat.blogspot.com/
If you would know Love, you must know pain too. -Hannah Hurnard |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 11:57:33 PM
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I remember helping my aunt back east in Michigan with her wringer washer in the basement. It was work but it was better than doing it by hand.
Mikki, loved your sharing that. Thanks.
Enjoying the moments. |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
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Georgann
Midlothian
VA
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Posted - Jul 03 2007 : 10:45:46 AM
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My mom had a wringer washer and a double tub when I was a little girl. We did the laundry in the basement in the winter and outside in the summer. I still remember how she said to keep our fingers away from the wringer or they could be crushed. It was a handcrank wringer, so of course I had to try it when mom wasn't watching....ouch!!
Loved the wash day recipe Mikki....thanks for sharing it!!
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2007 : 11:49:40 AM
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This makes me appreciate my washer!!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tpying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2009 : 4:44:11 PM
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I just had to bump this because it is so cute! Sweet post by Mikki from 2007!
Thanks Alee for finding it for me! I am going to be teaching in my home 40+ woman from my church how to make homemade laundry detergent and thought this would be fun to read to them! Making laundry detergent is so rewarding!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl #44
Sisters on the Fly #595
http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com
http://beehivecottage.etsy.com
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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