GRANDMA’S APRON
Remember making an apron in Home Ec? Remember Home Ec? If we have to explain “Home Ec” you may delete this. I just don’t have the energy anymore. Read on.
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 and because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons required 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 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 autumn, 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 folk 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:
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.
The Govt. 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- but love…………….
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Oh love this ,only it wasn’t Grandmas apron it was my mums ,I remember doing all those things. My daughters still uses aprons ,had to make some for Sarah for Christmas,and the grandkidsall use them lololol As that was her wish Mac xxxxxx
I remember my grands apron forever, did all those things and how i loved it and her xxx
never saw my mother without her apron. in those days all woman wore them.
Such sweet memories. Of grandmothers, aprons, and home ec. Need that apron now, to wipe the tear from my eye. Love, Jackie xxx
Thank you all for your comments xoxox
what a great blog…..brought back many memories of my Granny and her apron…..I grew up living next door to my grandparents and my granny always wore an apron….
Aw, this is so sweet and funny. Yes, the memories it evokes. Thank you for sharing, Forever.
B.B. Faerie
My grandma used to call her apron her pinny. I am a messy cook and have to wear an apron or I’ll ruin my clothes. I love aprons 🙂
yeah my mum and grandma called hers a pinny lol!!! short for pinifore!!!! 🙂
I love this blog, it brought back many wonderful memories of my gran too….thank you for sharing