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I got this from a niece, presumably copied exactly from an old scrapbook
of advice to young'uns. It's full of wonderful regional
pronunciation-spellings (boilin, hole=whole, lie=lye, britches,
pore=pour, smooth=smoothe, and of course wrench=rinse). But
"pert" (in "if wind is pert") puzzles me. I'm
familiar with "pert near"=pretty near; but "pert" as
an adjective = ? Anything in DARE?<br>
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P.S. My grandmothers used to follow this
"recipe" outdoors, and my mother did much the same
indoors!<br>
Beverly<br><br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=5>' Washing Clothes Recipe' --
imagine having a recipe for this ! ! ! Years ago an Alabama grandmother
gave the new bride the following recipe: <br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=5>This is an exact copy as written and
found in an old scrapbook - with spelling errors and all. <br>
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WASHING CLOTHES<br>
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Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke
wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in
boilin water.<br>
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Sort things, make 3 piles <br>
1 pile white, <br>
1 pile colored, <br>
1 pile work britches and rags. To make starch, stir flour in cool water
to smooth, then thin down with boiling water.<br>
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Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then
rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch.<br>
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Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and
starch.<br>
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Hang old rags on fence.<br>
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Spread tea towels on grass.<br>
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Give the kids a good scrubdown in the wrench water tub.<br>
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Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water. Turn
tubs upside down.<br>
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Put hot dogs on sticks for the kids to roast over the ashes.<br>
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Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair
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</font><font face="arial" size=5>Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell
and count your blessings.<br>
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