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Old 02-16-2009, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LELANDJANE View Post
I remember in the 6th grade, my mom would starch my petticoats and hang them circular fashion on the clothes line so they'd stand out. I'd wear 4 or 5 to school and I wouldn't sit down till my friend, Merry, got there to see whose skirt stood out the most! I also remember that the lace always got torn or snagged and usually some of it was showing out from under my skirt.
What fun memories.
I remember those crinolines. Scratchy things. But as little girls, we loved them. Although, my little sister, who loved them especially under her favorite red dress, would always pull her dress and crinolines up over her face when we were in Sunday School programs. And I stood by in cat-eyed glassed, frizzy-permed mortification, my crinolines sedately in place.

And to this day, I remain.....mortified. I just brought it up to her the other day, in fact.

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