tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236724941582496.post7719440315538529141..comments2024-01-13T04:04:37.620-08:00Comments on Family Trees May Contain Nuts: HOME & GARDEN: Primrose LaneLori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236724941582496.post-7671591154389720582009-04-18T20:57:00.000-07:002009-04-18T20:57:00.000-07:00Haha... a snail migration. Although even funnier,...Haha... a snail migration. Although even funnier, the image of the snails making a "run" for it, to get out of the road. <br /><br />Are they similar to slugs? To control slugs in the garden at our last house, we set out shallow pans of beer, sunk into dirt level. Slugs LOVE beer, and the silly buggers would climb into the beer bath and drown. The downside was that my garden smelled like beer; not my favorite scent!<br /><br />And -- a "hair receiver" was an essential item on a lady's dressing table in Victorian and Edwardian times. It's a covered dish, with an open hole in the top of the lid. When a woman took down her "bun" at night, and gave her hair those 100 strokes with her brush, she would pull the loose hair out of the brush, roll it around her finger, and tuck it into the hair receiver, through the hole in the top. <br /><br />Many of them were made of celluloid, that yellow-ish predecessor to modern plastic, and others were china, like the one on my dresser. My grandmother had waist length hair and actually used one of these! <br /><br />When the dish was full, the hair was often put outside for birds to take for nest building. Plus, the Victorians did some oddball sentimental art work using human hair, so I guess that's why they thought it was worth keeping!<br /><br />Thanks for commenting on my house staging complaints on Friday! You are SO right that blogging is a fantastic source of inspiration. I'm feeling way better and more confident already!<br /><br />Best -- Cass (sorry for the long comment! I always have so much to say, I'm afraid.)Cass @ That Old Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173199705431319322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236724941582496.post-81970958284438285702009-04-18T14:56:00.000-07:002009-04-18T14:56:00.000-07:00Oh that's too funny! Growing up we had a pink ...Oh that's too funny! Growing up we had a pink stick with a nail on the bottom & a beach pail with a tiny notch cut into the lip edge so you could de-skewer the snails intot he pail. Bleh. Glad my brothers got that job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com