ADVICE FOR NEW BRIDES
Years ago
(more like eons)
a Kentucky grandmother gave
her Granddaughter bride the following instructions for washing clothes.
1. Bilt fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water.
(sounds like a plan, now
where the heck did I put that rain water?)
2. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert.
(Good idea-put wet finger in
air to test wind direction)
3. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in bilin water.
(Wait a darn minute, there's
no TIDE?)
4. Sort things, make 3 piles. 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work
britches and rags.
(Now we're talking, sounds
reasonable)
5. To make starch, stir flour in cool water till smooth, then thin down with
bilin water. (Ah
Heck, just give me the spray can)
6. Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and then bile. Rub
colored, don't bile, just rinch and starch.
(Now who took my Clorox Spot
Remover?)
7. Take things out of the hot kettle with broomstick handle, then rinch,
and starch.
(Ouch)
8. Hang work cloths and old rags on fence.
(Great, where's the fence?)
9. Spread tea towels on grass.
(Oh sure, what about all the
critters running around)
10. Pore rinch water in flower bed.
(Good Idea,
waste not want not, right???)
11. Scrub porch with hot soapy water.
(Uh Oh, I'm fresh out of a
Porch)
12. Turn tubs upside down.
(Upside down? I would
place them under the rain gutters. Seems like this would be a good way to
catch that precious rain water)
13. Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs. Brew cup of tea, sit and
rock a spell and count your blessings.
(After a day like I've just
had, it better be pretty darn close to 'tuni time'.
I think I'll frame this and hang it in the laundry room - We've come a long
girls !!!
BUFORD Families in America Book 2005
And my ALL-TIME favorite ~ TRIVIA
~~~Sunset by Torie~~~