THE HISTORY OF APRONS

     Grandma and Grandpa Fausett

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 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 fall, 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 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.

This is for those who would know, and love, the story about Grandma's aprons. Or it can be a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part in our lives.

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. 

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, but LOVE!!!!

When grandma died I wanted something of hers, so my aunts gave me one of her old aprons. I was so honored. I will always remember grandma in her apron with a harmonica in her pocket. Grandma was always positive, loved her grandkids, loved to laugh and loved life. I hope to be half the woman she was. 

I remember sneaking down in grandma's basement with my cousin Klover, when grandma would come down to seperate the milk we used to scare her and she would jump, scream and then laugh.

Klover and I also called her one day and told her she was on "Dialing for Dollars" she was so excited and we told her she won a bunch of ground beef. She was so excited, then we felt bad when we had to tell her it was us. She was a little disappointed, but laughed when she realized that we had pulled one over on her.

Love you grandma, you were such a great lady and such a great example to all.