02-21-2020, 09:36 PM
14 kids. My grandma had 14 kids as well. West Virginia.
Grandma owned a large two story house next to a coal mine. All of the kids, 12 girls and 2 boys, were 'hardy' to say the least. Grandma raised them to know what hard work was.
Homemade bread was Grandma's claim to fame. Old black cast iron ovens in the cellar and the girls worked in shifts. The coal mine picked up the bread 24 hours a day except for Sundays.
Homemade lye soap was made outside and again the girls worked shifts. She sold the soap to the mine and the general store,
Also, on weekends the miners would come to the house for a bath in black wash tubs in the cellar that the boys staffed. The miners sat down to a hillbilly dinner of possum and sweet potatoes and homemade bread with cool sassafras tea. My Grandpa was the town barber and sold moonshine.
Grandma would sit on the front porch of the second story with a shotgun across her lap every time the miners visited.
Grandma owned a large two story house next to a coal mine. All of the kids, 12 girls and 2 boys, were 'hardy' to say the least. Grandma raised them to know what hard work was.
Homemade bread was Grandma's claim to fame. Old black cast iron ovens in the cellar and the girls worked in shifts. The coal mine picked up the bread 24 hours a day except for Sundays.
Homemade lye soap was made outside and again the girls worked shifts. She sold the soap to the mine and the general store,
Also, on weekends the miners would come to the house for a bath in black wash tubs in the cellar that the boys staffed. The miners sat down to a hillbilly dinner of possum and sweet potatoes and homemade bread with cool sassafras tea. My Grandpa was the town barber and sold moonshine.
Grandma would sit on the front porch of the second story with a shotgun across her lap every time the miners visited.
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