The following story came in one of those e-mails that gets passed around. We don't know who wrote it, but we hope people will decide that they need an apron!
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 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.
We 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...
