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yelleena and her quote is the following small story:
The washing expression - my mother used to tell me this. Every so often she would go and stay at her grandmothers when she was a child and later as a teen. Her grandma lived in a house without running water, a drop dunny and not much in the way of a bathroom for personal washing. My great grandmother would draw water from the well out back and put it into a big copper wash cauldron to boil on wash day, which was once a week, then some of the hot water would be put into a wash basin. (note any other day and you only got cold water to wash in) Mum would be handed a piece of cloth/flannel and bar of plain soap then receive the instructions that a good girl washes every night. Wash up as far as possible, Wash down as far as possible and don't forget to wash possible. She didn't work it out until she was in her 20s exactly what her grandmother meant by 'possible'. lol
It is such a remarkable story that it has always stuck in my mind. The soap was interesting too. It was an all-purpose soap. The bar of soap was used for personal washing, it was put in a wire cage and shaken in hot water to build up suds and used to wash dishes or it was shaved with a knife and put into the big cauldron to boil and wash the clothes with. If it was left to dry for a year it was popular to carve too. I have a fish carved in it and this stuff is still produced. I managed to find some with a bit of research. - Yelleena
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This week’s prompt is given to us by Yelleena: A topic based on Grandma's sayings.
yelleena and her quote is the following small story:The washing expression - my mother used to tell me this. Every so often she would go and stay at her grandmothers when she was a child and later as a teen. Her grandma lived in a house without running water, a drop dunny and not much in the way of a bathroom for personal washing. My great grandmother would draw water from the well out back and put it into a big copper wash cauldron to boil on wash day, which was once a week, then some of the hot water would be put into a wash basin. (note any other day and you only got cold water to wash in) Mum would be handed a piece of cloth/flannel and bar of plain soap then receive the instructions that a good girl washes every night. Wash up as far as possible, Wash down as far as possible and don't forget to wash possible. She didn't work it out until she was in her 20s exactly what her grandmother meant by 'possible'. lol
It is such a remarkable story that it has always stuck in my mind. The soap was interesting too. It was an all-purpose soap. The bar of soap was used for personal washing, it was put in a wire cage and shaken in hot water to build up suds and used to wash dishes or it was shaved with a knife and put into the big cauldron to boil and wash the clothes with. If it was left to dry for a year it was popular to carve too. I have a fish carved in it and this stuff is still produced. I managed to find some with a bit of research. - Yelleena
Be sure to place the link for your completed story in the comments section of this post so we can find it.
You might consider making your own TP icon to announce your story as such. Readers watch for this and will respond.
If you do to participate in the Thursday Prompt remember that is good form to read your fellow participants. If you wish to give a critique ask if the writer wishes one and then send it along in a private note.
Always remember: we are all writers together.
This week’s prompt is given to us by Yelleena: A topic based on Grandma's sayings.
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