I don’t think our kids know what an apron is or at least what it was used for. The principal use of an apron was to protect the dress underneath. Yes the dress. When women stated wearing pants and jeans, aprons kind of drifted away.
Several ways to use an apron are:
- As a cover-up, the apron was easier to wash than dresses, took less material,
- But along the way, 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 an ideal hiding place for shy kids
These are a few of the things an apron can be used for. Check back again for even more uses. Maybe we should all get an apron and save the jeans.
