Traditions
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I come from one of thise families that did not carry any old world traditions. I never really knew my father's family just that they were from coal mines of WV. My mother's family on her dad's side were from Wales by way of Pennsylvania and her mother's were Czech and German but because my gm was Catholic and my gf was not, they were on their own. We just did not put much time into traditions. We do appreciate others and enjoy learning about their traditions.
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I have my grandmother's steel crochet hooks, an ivory tatting shuttle (which I never learned to use) and a lovely ivory carved crochet hook that unfortunately broke but I still have the pieces. We have made certain cookies and candies at Christmas for the last 50 years....
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That's like the story about the ham. The wife cut the ham in half before she put in the pan to bake. Her husband asked her why? She said because her mother always did, and the mother gave the same reply. So they asked the grandmother why she cut the ham in half. "Because it wouldn't fit in the pan!"shepherd said:
BTW, I have rubber bands on my kitchen door too....
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I am 11th generation of my New England family, so any traditions they brought with them from England are long lost. However, my husband's aunt gave me a little porcelain pig when we visited the Czech Republic at Christmas; she said that the family that displays a pig at New Year's will have good luck in the ensuing year. So ever since I have made sure the pig is front-and-center amidst all the Christmas decorations... (They don'g, however, eat pork for that holiday, or not that I remember. That would be bad luck for the pig!)
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I love your mother's tradition!phunny bunny said:
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My grandmother did that with rubber bands, too! I don't have a door knob in the kitchen or I would too.
my mom told me it was because they saved the rubber bands to reuse them and the knob was a handy place to keep them. Another thing my mom would do was when she clean the hair brush, she would wrap the hair around her fingers before disposal. When I asked her why, she said that was what her mom did. Then one day we visited an old mansion and on the tour guide asked if anyone knew what the covered ceramic bowl on a dressing table was. My mother commented that her mom had one on her table but did not know what it was for. The replied that it was to store hair after women brushed at night . They would twist the hair and when the bowl was filled, they would sell it to a wig shop
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My grandmother had a "hair jar" as well. I understood that women used to save the hair to make a "rat" to use when they wore their hair in a bun. Not sure if there's any truth to it or not.
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My Grandmother came from Hungary and she taught me to do embroidery...I have not done any for decades now but when I was at school I hated sewing but loved embroidery and won prizes for it.
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