THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: (if you don't know what
>>clotheslines are, better skip this)
>>
>>
>>1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes- walk
>>the
>>entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.
>>
>>2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang
>>"whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
>>
>>
>>3 You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What
>>would the neighbors think?
>>
>>4. Wash day on a Monday! . . . Never hang clothes on the weekend, or
>>Sunday, for Heaven's sake!
>>
>>
>>5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide
>>your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)
>>
>>6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather . . ... Clothes would
>>
>>"freeze-dry."
>>
>>7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins
>>left on the lines were "tacky!"
>>
>>8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each
>>item
>>
>>did not need two clothes p
>>ins, but shared one of the clothes pins with
>>the next washed item.
>>
>>9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the
>>clothes
>>basket, and ready to be ironed.
>>
>>
>>10. IRONED?! Well, that's a whole other subject!
>>
>>A POEM
>>
>>A clothesline was a news forecast
>>To neighbors passing by.
>>There were no secrets you could keep
>>When clothes were hung to dry.
>>
>>
>>It also was a friendly link
>>For neighbors always knew
>>If company had stopped on by
>>To spend a night or two.
>>
>>For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"
>>And towels upon the line;
>>You'd see the "company table cloths"
>>
>>With intricate designs.
>>
>>The line announced a baby's birth
>>>From folks who lived inside -
>>As brand new infant clothes were hung,
>>So carefully with pride!
>>
>>The ages of the children could
>>So readily be known
>>
>>By watching how the sizes changed,
>>You'd know how much they'd grown!
>>
>>It also told when illness struck,
>>As extra sheets were hung;
>>Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
>>Haphazardly were strung.
>>
>>
>>It also said, "Gone on vacation now"
>>When lines hung limp and bare.
>>It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged
>>With not an inch to spare!
>>
>>New folks in town were scorned upon
>>
>>If wash was dingy and gray,
>>As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
>>And looked the other way . . .
>>
>>But clotheslines now are of the past,
>>
>>
>>For dryers make work much less.
>>Now what goes on inside a home
>>
>>Is anybody's guess!
>>
>>I really miss that way of life.
>>It was a friendly sign
>>When neighbors knew each other best
>>By what hung on the line!
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