We really enjoyed your superstitions for snow days. We have some of our own to share, and the topic also sparked some reminiscing about snow days, sledding, and the ice man! Here are our superstition ideas:
- Sandra- "Don't slide under a ladder!"
- Carolyn- "Put a heater under the icicles!"
- Lily- "Make a snow angel!"
- Gilbert- "Give your parents an Eskimo kiss!"
Our group also remembered days of sledding on garbage can lids down Superior Hill, Cain Park, and Wood Hill Park. Harriet remembers the blizzard in 1953. It was so bad she took her two year old daughter out to play in it and she was completely covered over her head! Firemen had to come around and deliver milk and baby formula to families with small children because the roads were shut down.
Can you imagine having to chip your ice off a 50 pound ice block? We discussed the ice man! There were no electric refrigerators, everyone had an ice box. There was a pan underneath the container that held a huge block of ice that kept things cold. The ice would melt, and you would carefully, have to dump the melted ice in the sink. When you needed ice, you would hang a sign in your window stating 25 or 50 pounds needed, and the ice man would come to your door on his delivery route. Much different than today isn't it!
Thanks for the topic, we look forward to next week's entry!
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