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Across the Fence:  Grandma's Apron  |
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Fiddlehead Farm
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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 Posted - Feb 15 2013 : 06:45:18 AM
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I found this today and wanted to share.
Love and Family
Grandma's Apron
I don't think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder 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-folk 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.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
I never caught anything from an apron…But Love.
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Edited by - Fiddlehead Farm on Feb 15 2013 06:52:06 AM |
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Bear5
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Posted - Feb 15 2013 : 09:01:05 AM
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Absolutely beautiful. I remember some of those memories! Thanks for sharing.
Marly
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ceejay48
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laurentany
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Laurie
Patchogue
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Posted - Feb 15 2013 : 1:38:36 PM
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LOVE this.. have seen it before and it is oh so true! Thanks for sharing it Diane!
Hugs,
~Laurie
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rough start farmgirl
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marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
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Posted - Feb 15 2013 : 4:06:30 PM
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Really enjoyed that. Thanks so much
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countrygrace
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Grace
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Posted - Feb 15 2013 : 4:21:06 PM
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Diane,
Thanks for sharing...it is a wonder poem "Grandma's Aprons"
Lots of wonderful memories. I have this poem on my pocket postcards, along with the history of my Grandma's Apron pattern, I put a postcard in each pocket of my aprons that I send out.
Hugs,
Grace
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Dorinda
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Dorinda
St. Cloud
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Posted - Feb 16 2013 : 04:20:23 AM
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I loved this article. I have my grandmother's aprons. She used hers for all of that. And she always kept safety pins on it. Like 2 or 3. I cannot remember why.
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rubyleesmom
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Posted - Feb 17 2013 : 12:22:12 AM
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| My grandmother never wore one, but reading this makes me want to go put in an apron! :-) Its so sweet! |
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Annie S
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Annie
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Posted - Feb 17 2013 : 11:54:31 AM
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| Like a lot of you, I've seen this many times, but it never grows old reading it. I had a granny who always wore an apron and maybe that's why I have a passion for finding old aprons in thrift and antique stores and then sending them to family and friends (I also keep a few for myself). I go into a store and that's the first thing I look for. I also make them of course. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely writing with us all again. |
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Bonnie Ellis
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Bonnie
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Posted - Feb 18 2013 : 11:49:08 AM
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My grandmother had a stack of aprons, a clean one to put on at a moments notice. She had 14 kids and they all wore aprons, I have worn them all my life too. I have a collection and share a talk I call "God in My Pocket" because she carried a little Bible in her pocket and gave me one too. Great way to share the faith. Thanks Diane for the poem.
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Breanna
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Breanna
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Posted - Feb 18 2013 : 3:44:11 PM
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That's so sweet Diane, thanks for sharing! Bonnie, that's so neat about your grandmother and "God in her pocket" :) love that.
Farmgirl Bre
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