WARSH DAY



1. Bilt fire in backyard to heat water in a kettle of rain water

2. Set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert

3. Shave one hole cake lie soap in bilin water

4. Sort things, make three piles:
1 pile white
1 pile cullard
1 pile work britches and rags

5. Stir flour in cold water to smooth, then thin down with biling water, rub dirt spots on scrub board, scrub hard, then bile. Rub cullard, don't bile, just rench in starch

6. Spread tee towels on grass

7. Hang old rags on fence

8. Pore rench water on flour bed

9. Scrub porch with hot soapy water

10. Turn tubs upside down

11. Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with side combs, brew cup of tee, set and rest a spell and count your blessing


from the Dowler Family Cookbook - Cora Mac (White) Dowler

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