I don’t think =
most kids today know what an apron is. The main purpose for Mom’s or =
Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had =
a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and =
aprons 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.
>>If the =
weather was cold, she 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, she 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.
>>ps – =
Remember, Mom’s and Grandma’s used to set hot baked apple pies on the =
windowsill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the windowsill to =
thaw.
>>pps – =
Also, today they would go crazy trying to figure out how many germs were =
on that apron. I don’t think I ever caught anything from an apron – but =
love.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net =
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I =
Love!"