Subject: Fw: Grandma's Apron
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> > > > This is precious. (I don't think kids know what an apron IS ...) The
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> > > > principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress
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> > > > underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder for removing
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> > > > hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's
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> > > > tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
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> > > > >From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy
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> > > > chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the
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> > > > warming oven. When company came those aprons were ideal hiding
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> > > > places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped
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> > > > it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring
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> > > > brow, bent over the hot wood cook stove.
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> > > > Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
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> > > > >From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas
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> > > > been shelled it carried out the hulls. In the fall the apron was
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> > > > used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When
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> > > > unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much
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> > > > furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When
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> > > > dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her
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> > > > apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to
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> > > > dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that
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> > > > will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.
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> > > > Send this to those who would know, and love the story about
Grandma's
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> > > > aprons.
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> > > > REMEMBER THIS! "Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the
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> > > > window sill to cool. Her granddaughter's set theirs on the window
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> > > > to thaw."
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> > > > This is precious. (I don't think kids know what an apron IS ...) The
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> > > > principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > >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
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> > > > places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped
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> > > > it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring
> >
> > > > brow, bent over the hot wood cook 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
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> > > > >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
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> > > > 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
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> > > > aprons.
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> > > > REMEMBER THIS! "Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the
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> > > > window sill to cool. Her granddaughter's set theirs on the window
> > sill
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> > > > to thaw."
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