basic rules for clotheslines...cinstraw
If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this one...;D I still have my Clotheslines, AND I use them?
prep time
cook time
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
everyone in family
Ingredients
- BACK THEN EVERY HOUSE HAD A CLOTHESLINE
How To Make basic rules for clotheslines...cinstraw
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Step 1You had to hang the socks by the toes...NOT the top
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Step 2You hung pants by the BOTTOM/cuffs... NOT the waistbands
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Step 3You had to WASH the clothesline(s) before hanging any clothes - walk the entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines
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Step 4You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first
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Step 5You NEVER hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think???
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Step 6Wash day on a Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!
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Step 7Hang the sheets and towels on the OUTSIDE lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle, (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)
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Step 8It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather....clothes would "freeze-dry"
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Step 9ALWAYS gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky"!
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Step 10If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item
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Step 11Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed
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Step 12IRONED??!! Well, now that's a whole OTHER subject!
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Step 13But clotheslines now are of the past, For dryers make work much less. Now what goes on inside a home, Is anybody's guess!
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Step 14I really miss that way of life, It was a friendly sign When neighbors knew each other best... By what hung on the line. ♥
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Category:
Other Non-Edibles
Ingredient:
Non-Edible or Other
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Culture:
American
Tag:
#Heirloom
Keyword:
#lines
Keyword:
#close pins
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#sun bonnet
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#sun glasses
Keyword:
#cleaning cloth
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