Some Thoughts on Aprons

This is my favorite "discertation" on aprons.  It was on my blog but not as a post so I don't think everyone got to read it and truly appreciate the multitude of uses for that old-fashioned apron.  ENJOY!!  And leave a comment... it makes me smile.  :0)

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! It was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used a lot 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 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 children. 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 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 on to the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields for dinner.

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. They 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. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that old-time apron that served so many purposes!!!