My dad sent me this in an email and I thought it would be appropriate to post in light of the apron swaps I am participating in:). My fabric has been ordered and is on its way to me. I hope it comes today. I am anxious to get started!
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, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they 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 cleaningout dirtyEars.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 thehulls.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 along 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.Or it can be a good history lesson for those that havenoIdea how the apron played a part in our lives.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.They 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.
