Grandma's Apron
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-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 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.
REMEMBER THIS!
"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." |
