Jun 21, 2006

Grandma's Apron


Grandma’s Apron – Author unknown

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-coup 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.

5 comments:

  1. I liked that. It reminds me of a quote I found in one of my favorite books titled Under Construction that I purchases at a Sword of the Lord Conference. The quote simply said, "It used to take mother less than a minute to get ready for dinner for she only needed to remove her apron."

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  2. I liked this post Tori....thanks so much for sharing it with us.

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  3. Your Welcome Ladies,
    I thought it was sweet and true.

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  4. I just recently posted pictures of my mother/daughter aprons, I had linked to a few apron posts, I will be adding this one to the post! Very nice :o)

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