Receet For

 Washing Clothes

This little "receet" with artwork came on a small decorative washboard I
purchased at a flea market years ago.  When I discarded the board I tried
to save the artwork.  Some pieces are better than others.  The author is
unknown to me, however I have seen it on the Internet and it is said to have
been given to a new bride in Kentucky from her Mother. Long after the
the washing machine came on the scene,  many people in rural areas of the
South still made their soap and  did their laundry in just this way.
The spelling here is as it was meticulously written on the little washboard.

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Ketch rain water in barul
at korner of house

Set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert.... Shave one hole cake lye sope in biling water.

Sort thing to make 3 piles. 1 pile wite, 1 pile cullord, 1 pile werk breEtches and rags.

Stur flour in cold water to smooth.
 Thin down with bilin water.

Rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard.
 then bile. Rub cullords but don't bile just rench and starch.

Take wite things out of kettle
 with broom handel, then rench and starch.

Spred tee towels on grass.

Hang rags on fence

Pore rench water on  flowers.

Scrub porch with hot, sopy water.

Turn tubs upside down

Smooth hair with combs.
 Put on cleen dress. Brew
 cup of tee. Set and rest
a spell and count blessins..

 

 
 

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