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Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] How in the World Did They...
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:13:24 EDT
In a message dated 4/12/2002 9:25:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Milk, butter, eggs (before "water glass!
> " in the mid-19th century)
>
> When I was a small girl in England during WWII we kept hens and always
> stored the eggs in a bucket of "water glass" as the bombing made the
> electricity supply so unreliable. We kept the bucket under the bed in case
> the house was bombed - which it was - twice -. I had forgotten all about
> "water glass" until I read your email, it really took me back.
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