Since I'm on the topic of 'girl parts', and passing information along from generation to generation, I must include this one. When I was a young teenager living with gramma black (morgan) & her new husband, bill in the early '50's, we did not have running water..........well, we did sorta.....we had an indoor pump from our cistern sitting on a counter in the back porch. We took baths once a week in a big galvanized tub, sitting smack dab in the middle of the kitchen floor. We also had a small area with a stand, wash basin, mirror & medicine cabinet.
Gramma Black was one of the most positive persons on earth. She was jolly & happy.........always. Every morning she would sing me awake.......'when the red, red, robin goes bob, bob, bobbin along, along' and, whistle non stop. You know, the kind of high pitched whistle you do between your teeth. As I would groom myself in a wash basin, getting ready for school,( I learned this procedure from my best friend, Rosemary Card) Gramma would always say: 'now francie, remember to wash up as far as possible, then, wash down as far as possible, then WASH POSSIBLE'!
When lauren was around nine or ten, she came down to spend the nite with me. As she was showering, I hollered into the bathroom: 'remember to rinse all the shampoo out of your hair, and oh, be sure and scrub your whole body'. 'Don't worry taotao, I even washed possible'.
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