Frugal Poem: Flour Sack Underwear

By Donna Tate (Guest Post)

We was struggling to make ends meet. I had made my husband some flour sack underware .He worked for the railroad wore them to work ripped his overalls and got teased over the printed flour sack underware (I was told by a fellow worker) His reply was;
These are made with love a stitch at a time. HE was proud of my work (I sewed them by hand )

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jess

The poem "Flour-Sack Underwear" is by Ruth Gettle. I found it in a book called "The One-Time Art of Thrift" ISBN#1-882138-27-9

Melanie

Editor's Note: Thanks Melanie, we updated the author information.

By Carolyn Harris, Manteo NC (Guest Post)

My mom used to recite this poem from memory for clubs, church, friends and such. She recently died at the age of 94 and this poem was the last one she recited. We also had a personal video of her reciting this poem that we shared at her memorial service. I'm sure God is enjoying this poem right now. Thanks

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DT7146

Great poem, but it gives you a sore bum just to think of it :)

Anne in UK

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floppy4me

This reminds me of the things that my Grandma and Great Grandma use to do. They didn't always do things because they had to , but because they couldn't see any reason for waisting ANYTHING!!