Comments on: The Wooden Bushel Basket as a Mormon Religious Object http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/ Where our past is never very long ago Thu, 23 May 2013 15:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anne (UK) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-162416 Anne (UK) Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:20:23 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-162416 never heard of any of these baskets, but love the idea of the ‘Neighbourhood Exchange Basket’- wish they had been around when my kids were small!

]]> By: Maurine http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-162233 Maurine Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:21:35 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-162233 Mother just used her hand to sprinkle the clothes. I did too, learning from her.

]]> By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161892 Mark B. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:04:47 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161892 Back to dampening clothes–I remember my mother sprinkling water on the clothes as they lay on the kitchen counter, and then she’d fold them lengthwise, sprinkle the “backs” and then rolled them up into a cylinder–a few inches in diameter by six to eight inches in length. Then she’d put them into a large, heavy plastic bag until the next morning when she’d do the ironing.

No pop-bottle sprinkler for her, though. She used a vegetable brush–dedicated to that purpose–dipped it into a bowl and sprinkled the clothes with that.

And, just for fun, I asked my daughter and son-in-law what came to mind when they heard “dampening clothes.” Basically, nothing. Kids these days!

]]> By: James Naismith http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161888 James Naismith Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:54:34 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161888 Why, we took some of those baskets, cut the bottoms out, and nailed them up at the ends of the gym–invented a new game to keep the boys in shape and active in the wintertime. Called it “basket-ball.” Don’t know if any of you young whippersnappers remember it anymore.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161879 Ardis E. Parshall Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:31:23 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161879 Awesome. I had never heard of that gadget until Mina mentioned it. Am copying the picture here for reference after the eBay auction goes away:

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]]> By: Left Field http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161876 Left Field Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:15:24 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161876 My mother also had one of those pop bottle things.
Like this.

]]> By: Maurine Ward http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161769 Maurine Ward Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:40:56 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161769 This brings back a lot of memories. I grew up dampening and ironing clothes, then continued on after I was married. Because both of my grandparents had orchards, there were a lot of baskets, crates, and lugs around. I inherited my aunt’s “relic room.” She used crates as shelves and lugs hung on the wall where she put pictures and nick-knacks. Eventually, my nieces and other relatives talked me out of most of these “useful” and “cool” items. I put fabric lining on small baskets and kept some of my young son’s toys in them.

]]> By: Senile Old Fart http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161734 Senile Old Fart Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:32:10 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161734 The dearth of Utah orchards hasn’t eliminated the baskets completely. The Chesapeake Bay crab industry still uses wooden slat baskets, with slat lids, to transport the crabs to market.

]]> By: Carol http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161715 Carol Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:47:20 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161715 My rental properties are all old houses. I have a museum full of things from the olden days that we find in walls and attics. One is a bottle with holes punched in the lid. My kids tried for a long time to figure that one out before I told them it was for dampening clothes. My most recent find was bushel baskets *with lids* in the attic. I’m going to donate them to a historical museum.

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/11/23/the-wooden-bushel-basket-as-a-mormon-religious-object/comment-page-1/#comment-161707 Rosemary Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:28:17 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=15531#comment-161707 I was raised in Iowa and it is humid there and we also sprinkled the clothes. If Mom didn’t get it ironed that next day, she would stick in the refrigerator for up to a couple of days.

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