tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post3067675624840249073..comments2024-02-04T22:48:07.662-08:00Comments on FOLKWAYS NOTEBOOK: CLOTHES POSTS, LINES, AND DRYINGFolkways Note Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-60776080093709521022011-03-31T14:29:17.670-07:002011-03-31T14:29:17.670-07:00Granny Kate -- Very interesting comment on getting...Granny Kate -- Very interesting comment on getting sunshine to children through the threads of sun dried clothes. Do you think this was a piece of Kentucky folklore? Or am I just out of touch with the world of medicine? <br /><br />Singing while one works always makes a task easier. <br /><br />-- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-80246367558195554422011-03-31T13:32:14.920-07:002011-03-31T13:32:14.920-07:00I love this. There's something wonderful in se...I love this. There's something wonderful in seeing a line full of freshly hung laundry. And did you know, this is one of the few ways old country doctors recommended for giving your children viatmin D? I loved that thought when I was told -- that sunshine collected in the threads and we were giving our children sunshine when we wrapped them in the line-dried blanket.<br /><br />"Her eyes, how they sparkled when she sang those old songs,<br />While she was hanging clothes on the line, i was a kid just hummin' along,"<br /><br />Mama's Opry... Iris DementGranny Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796564953236247413noreply@blogger.com