SATURDAY SECRETS – Place the bosom board under the bosom

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Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Beau Robbins May 27, 2016

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Liz May 28, 2016

I remember my mother in the 1950’s boiling starch on the stove and then dipping, wringing and rolling the clothes up so the starch could set. She put them in the fridge sometimes to speed up the process so she could iron them asap to a crisp stiffness. What a process!

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Catherine Holcombe May 27, 2017

Wow! Doing laundry back then took real skill. My mother, who grew up in the 30’s, told me that they couldn’t afford a washing machine, so they had to do laundry the pioneer way. They would use the rub/bosom board to remove dirt/stains, then the clothes would be boiled in a black cauldron/kettle over an open fire, then rinsed and hung up to dry.

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