Would you hang laundry out to dry in winter? Sure, if you were Amish. The question is how would you wash it
first? Remember the old
ringer-washers? If the answer is yes,
you’ve dated yourself. But the ones I
remember were mostly the electric kind, and many Amish families forsake the use
of electricity for such appliances. For
laundry, they use only those square galvanized wash and rinse tubs, often with
a corrugated wash board, too. They might
have a crank wringer to use after the rinse, but then the clothes have to go
outside to dry on the line. How does
that sound for an afternoon’s labor? And
remember – for a large family, there’s probably laundry to do every afternoon.
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