[BITList] Fwd: Remember Aprons (or Pinnies)

[John Feltham]

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> Remember making an apron in Home Science?
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> 'The History of    APRONS'
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> I don't think our children
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> 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 pot-holder for  removing 
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> 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
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> When company came those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
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> Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow bent over the hot wood stove...
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> Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
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> After the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls.
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> In Autumn the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
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> When unexpected company drove up the road it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
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> 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 paddocks to dinner.
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> Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's apron.
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> REMEMBER:
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> 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.
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> They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
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>  I never caught
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>                    But Love
> STAY HEALTHY IN 2010
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