Wheeler Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 GRANDMA Mama’s Mama, on a winter’s day, milked the cows and fed them hay, Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, and got the children off to school Did a washing, mopped the floors, washed the windows and did some chores Cooked a dish of home-dried fruit, pressed her husband’s Sunday suit. Swept the parlor, made the bed, baked a dozen loaves of bread, Split some wood and lugged it in, enough to fill the kitchen bin. Cleaned the lamps and put in oil, stewed some apples she thought might spoil Churned the butter, baked a cake, then exclaimed “For goodness sake! The calves have got out of the pen! Went out and chased them in again, Gathered the eggs and locked the stable, returned to the house and set the table. Cooked a supper that was delicious, and afterward washed all the dishes. Fed the cat, sprinkled the clothes, mended a basket full of hose. The opened the organ and began to play, ‘When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day’. Quote Link to comment
Synn Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Don't ya just love that? I have it in one of my old amish cookbooks. Quote Link to comment
logcabinmama Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 That is really good. Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 How many people even know what it means to "sprinkle the clothes"??? Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Quote: How many people even know what it means to "sprinkle the clothes"??? : I do I do, We had a 7-UP bottle with a plug in it that we used to sprinkle the clothes before we ironed them. We also would sprinkle them and toss them in the dryer if we were lazy, which I always was. Steam irons took the "sprinkle" out of ironing I guess. Quote Link to comment
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