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This was found in an old scrapebook in AL. A grandmother had written it for her granddaughter, the new bride.
WASHING CLOTHES
Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water
Sort things, make 3 piles
1 pile white,
1 pile colored,
1 pile work britches and rags.
To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with
boiling water.
Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub
colored don't boil just wrench and starch.
Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch.
Hang old rags on fence.
Spread tea towels on grass.
Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water. Turn tubs
upside down.
Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs. Brew cup of tea, sit and
rock a spell and count your blessings.
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Paste this over your washer and dryer. Next time when you think things are
bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine and dryer, and give thanks.
First thing each morning you should run and hug your washer and dryer, also
your toilet---
(those two-holers used to get mighty cold!)
For you non-southerners - wrench means rinse.
AND WE THINK WE HAVE IT ROUGH
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| To add a comment to "Be Thankful!!!! LOLOLOL" |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| wow! Thank you is right |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| LOL........can't imagine washing clothes that way!!!! |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| Okay...just been convicted! |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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Um Yeah...convicted is right!!! |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| This is great, Cindy! :) |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| How awesome! |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| Ladies : we are spoiled, LOLOLOL |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| LOL, read this to my Mom and she's telling me all about this being how they washed their clothes!! Sad to admit I still remember the old wringer washers and using the old washboard!! |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| I love this....No more complaining about doing laundry.. |
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| June 21, 2008 |
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| Indoor Plumbing is my personal favorite. Grandma Baskin had an outhouse -- and aside from being COLD in the winter, it was stinky and usually full of wasps in the summer. (Didn't help that my brothers told me there were HUGE snakes that lived in the outhouses and bit little kids when they used the bathroom, either!) |
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| June 22, 2008 |
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Shirley; I remember my grandma's wringer washer!
Donna : yep, we better quit complaining, LOL
Grammy : my uncle had an outhouse, I hated it!!!!!! |
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| June 22, 2008 |
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| We still do our laundry that way in Alabama! (wink) |
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| June 23, 2008 |
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| Bro. Todd : I figured so.....ROTFLOL |
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