Someone sent this “forward” to me in an email and since these never seem to have authors, I’m going to borrow it. It brought back such fond memories! My grandmother always wore an apron. She had “every day” aprons and fancy aprons. Some were embroidered and decorated. As a child I learned to iron by practicing on Gran’s aprons. Some were even starched! I still have one of the long white ones that she wore to work when she was a cook in a café. As I read this list I could see her doing each of these, especially wiping her brow. She was always standing over a hot stove!
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, 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 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.
Of course one thing from my childhood was left off the list! Gran always said if I didn’t mind she would “take me over her checkered apron” and spank me! She never did, so I guess she couldn’t find it! J
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