The History Of Aprons

Most children now a days don't know what an apron is OR what it's even used for. The principle use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few dresses to make it through to the next wash day. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses, and aprons 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 children.

          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 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. Now our 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. LOL

I don’t think I ever caught anything from an apron – Except maybe a little bit of Love…💗
Here is a sample of a few aprons and when you're done, you can go to my Pinterest Page and look for my page of Adorable Aprons. 
https://www.pinterest.com/dixiecajuns0667/?eq=josephine%20rodrigue&etslf=12394
Sorry, I don't know what happened to my pictures and post, but it got all wacky on me and would not stay placed where I put everything. :-)

So, until next time Ladies....Have a Blessed Day.