That old apron ... Thx Ron W!

This brought back so many memories of my Mom , as well as my Grandma.

Enjoy 

 

               

   (Notice   that a "Medium" is a size 14-16.)


Remember  making an  apron in Home Ec? Remember Home Ec? If we have to  explain  "Home Ec" you may delete this.  Read  on.


   The   History of 'APRONS' 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  and because it was  easier to wash aprons than dresses and  aprons required 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  autumn,  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.

Send this to those   who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's   aprons.

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.
   
    The  Govt. would go  crazy now trying to figure out how many  germs were on that  apron.

I don't think I ever  caught anything from an apron-  but love...