Warshing Clothes Recipe From Aunt Millie Folsom

Common Sense Commentary:  It is old time, common sense people like the one below who wrote out this "Warshing Clothes Recipe", for some brand new wife or grand-daughter, for one of the most basic and important jobs every wife and mother had to learn how to do.  Here is where common sense has it's roots. God bless our forefathers and foremothers who plowed and planted, warshed clothes and cooked, and laid the foundations of our once great country. God give us a new crop of common sense. RB


Note from Aunt Millie Folsom or some other good woman ....

Washing clothes was one of my favorite chores when I grew up
on a FARM. After reading this I am thankful for that old ringer washing
machine that I thought was fun to put the clothes through and yes a finger or two.
I am sure my Mother did not think it was fun but I never heard her complain. Still
can say for sure that the best smell was going to bed on fresh linens that had been
line dried outside.   Everyone have a blessed day.

"Warshing Clothes Recipe" -- imagine having a recipe for this!
Years ago, an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe exactly as written. Found in an old scrapbook with spelling
errors and all.


WARSHING CLOTHES


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.

Sort things, make 3 piles -- 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work britches and rags.

To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with
boiling water.

Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch.

Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch.

Hang old rags on fence. Spread tea towels on grass.
Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water.
Turn tubs upside down.

Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs.
Brew cup of tea, sit, rock a spell, and count yore blessings.

"Warshing Clothes Recipe"
Paste this over your washer and dryer. The next time you think things are bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine and dryer, and give thanks.
The first thing each morning, you should run and hug your washer and dryer.
For non-Southerners - wrench means rinse!

Good grammer does not necessarily mean Good Advice or Good  Wisdom.   Neither does poor grammer reflect the opposit.  Do not let the devil trick you about that. RB