Clothespins and Milk Bottles

One of the warmest memories that I have of things that my grandma did to keep us kids busy was a simple little game.

Do you remember those old glass quart milk bottles? The ones that the milk man dropped off in the milk box left on the porch?

Anyway, she showed us to hold a clothespin (the all wood kind without the metal thing) off the end of our noses and then to try to drop them into the milk bottle.

You did it standing up and the opening in the milk bottle was only a couple of inches. This kept us busy on many a rainy day or while waiting for dinner.

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2 Responses to “Clothespins and Milk Bottles”

Gerry Says:
May 23, 2010 at 7:45 pm | Reply
Wow! We must be cousins! I played the same game as a kid. I guess my parents grew up during the Great Depression and that was the best entertainment they had. Speaking of milk, I remember bringing $.02 to school to get a chocolate milk at lunch. It came in a little wax carton and when you shook it up it came out all bubbly. Do you remember?
Gerry
http://woodlandclearing.wordpress.com/ Says:
May 23, 2010 at 8:54 pm | Reply
Oh yea–I sure do. It was a great treat and we made sure to shake them up good.