Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
lol.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly
> different backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my
> grandfather who had seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four
> children that lived... she taught me to make lye, sp soap and
> squirrell and dumplings, she also taught me how to bottle feed rabbits
> squirrels and racoons and deer... the other grandmother taught me all
> the uses for a 24 set of cultury and how to walk with a book on my
> head... when you attended church with her you wore gloves and a hat,
>
> btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream
> i care for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today
>> I think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some
>> of our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the
>> fast-paced life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking
>> after her 6 siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as
>> all the cooking for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of
>> her own, lol. But my grandfather ended up working for the railways
>> and they lived many years in railway homes in the country as he was a
>> station master, each one a little more modern than the other. Then
>> they made the move to Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back
>> Nan never stopped doing certain things though, like putting
>> sunlight soap in a wire container to use as dishwashing soap. She
>> always boiled washing up water on the stove. She only used hot water
>> from the tank for baths and showers. It was late in her life before
>> she got rid of the copper in the laundry that she used for some
>> washing. Then there was always home made ice cream (pretty vile, lol)
>> and always home made soups. Stewed her own fruit, made her own jams
>> and pickles etc.
>>
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the
>>> underwear or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then
>>> my grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it
>>> seems everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom
>>> used as a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing
>>> anymore, lol, Lee
>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
>>>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
>>>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were
>>>>> sewn from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>>>>
>>>> We have come a long way
>>>>
>>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
>>>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
>>>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and
>>>> I remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
>>>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old
>>>> style attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she
>>>> started tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to
>>>> modern day products
>>>>
>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to
>>>>>>> somehow clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting
>>>>>>> with... she doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it
>>>>>>> popped into her head the hoter day and she was trying to figure
>>>>>>> how she cleaned them and they didn't stink.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters
>>>>>>> so it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells
>>>>>>> less nasty,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
>>>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
>>>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I
>>>>>> think what that must have felt like against the skin.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance. We
> used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It doesn't
> really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan used it
> for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates, lol.

We had neighbors who were very questionable. I found out recently that the
kids who lived there were mainly not their own but foster kids. How they
got them I will never know. They had a ton of people living in that house
along with adult kids who had their own kids. The kids told me the dad
would hold a job just long enough to steal enough of whatever they made at
that factory. Once it was toothpaste, another time it was Fritos chips.

I spent the night there once and for dinner we had all you can eat Baby Ruth
candy bars. Nothing else was offered. For breakfast it was pancakes made
with flour and water. No oil so of course they stuck to the pan. Served
with Karo syrup. They had a garbage can in the kitchen that was full of
potatoes.

Once one of the kids came over to "borrow" some soap. My mom didn't like to
lend things to them because they never returned them. When she asked what
kind of soap the kid just shrugged and said, "Soap!" As if there were only
one kind. So my mom gave her a bar of bath soap. They used that bar for
everything. Laundry, bathing and dishes. After that my mom went out and
bought some really cheap bars of soap because she took pity on the children.
Soap was something they borrowed from us frequently.

thanks, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance. We
> used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It doesn't
> really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan used it
> for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates, lol.
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly different
>> backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my grandfather who
>> had seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four children that lived...
>> she taught me to make lye, sp soap and squirrell and dumplings, she also
>> taught me how to bottle feed rabbits squirrels and racoons and deer...
>> the other grandmother taught me all the uses for a 24 set of cultury and
>> how to walk with a book on my head... when you attended church with her
>> you wore gloves and a hat,
>>
>> btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream i
>> care for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today I
>>> think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some of
>>> our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the fast-paced
>>> life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking after her 6
>>> siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as all the cooking
>>> for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of her own, lol. But
>>> my grandfather ended up working for the railways and they lived many
>>> years in railway homes in the country as he was a station master, each
>>> one a little more modern than the other. Then they made the move to
>>> Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back Nan never stopped doing
>>> certain things though, like putting sunlight soap in a wire container to
>>> use as dishwashing soap. She always boiled washing up water on the
>>> stove. She only used hot water from the tank for baths and showers. It
>>> was late in her life before she got rid of the copper in the laundry
>>> that she used for some washing. Then there was always home made ice
>>> cream (pretty vile, lol) and always home made soups. Stewed her own
>>> fruit, made her own jams and pickles etc.
>>>
>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>>>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>>>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>>>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as a
>>>> young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore, lol,
>>>> Lee
>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
>>>>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
>>>>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were sewn
>>>>>> from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>>>>>
>>>>> We have come a long way
>>>>>
>>>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
>>>>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
>>>>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and I
>>>>> remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
>>>>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old style
>>>>> attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she started
>>>>> tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to modern day
>>>>> products
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to somehow
>>>>>>>> clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with... she
>>>>>>>> doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into her
>>>>>>>> head the hoter day and she was trying to figure how she cleaned
>>>>>>>> them and they didn't stink.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so
>>>>>>>> it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less
>>>>>>>> nasty,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
>>>>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
>>>>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I think
>>>>>>> what that must have felt like against the skin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

Ozgirl > wrote:
: Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
: cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
: hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
: fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
: We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
: doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
: used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
: lol.

Probably like the Kirkmans brown soap used for laundry and for washing
you off if you got into poison ivy. It was reputed to be good at gettign
rid of the sap wich caused all the problems.

Wendy
: "Storrmmee"
>
wrote in message : ...
: > what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly
: > different backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my
: > grandfather who had seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four
: > children that lived... she taught me to make lye, sp soap and
: > squirrell and dumplings, she also taught me how to bottle feed rabbits
: > squirrels and racoons and deer... the other grandmother taught me all
: > the uses for a 24 set of cultury and how to walk with a book on my
: > head... when you attended church with her you wore gloves and a hat,
: >
: > btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream
: > i care for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
: > "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: > ...
: >> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today
: >> I think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some
: >> of our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the
: >> fast-paced life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking
: >> after her 6 siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as
: >> all the cooking for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of
: >> her own, lol. But my grandfather ended up working for the railways
: >> and they lived many years in railway homes in the country as he was a
: >> station master, each one a little more modern than the other. Then
: >> they made the move to Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back
: >> Nan never stopped doing certain things though, like putting
: >> sunlight soap in a wire container to use as dishwashing soap. She
: >> always boiled washing up water on the stove. She only used hot water
: >> from the tank for baths and showers. It was late in her life before
: >> she got rid of the copper in the laundry that she used for some
: >> washing. Then there was always home made ice cream (pretty vile, lol)
: >> and always home made soups. Stewed her own fruit, made her own jams
: >> and pickles etc.
: >>
: >> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >> ...
: >>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
: >>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the
: >>> underwear or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then
: >>> my grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it
: >>> seems everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom
: >>> used as a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing
: >>> anymore, lol, Lee
: >>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: >>> ...
: >>>>
: >>>>
: >>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >>>> ...
: >>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
: >>>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
: >>>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were
: >>>>> sewn from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
: >>>>
: >>>> We have come a long way
: >>>>
: >>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
: >>>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
: >>>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and
: >>>> I remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
: >>>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old
: >>>> style attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she
: >>>> started tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to
: >>>> modern day products
: >>>>
: >>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: >>>>> ...
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >>>>>> ...
: >>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to
: >>>>>>> somehow clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting
: >>>>>>> with... she doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it
: >>>>>>> popped into her head the hoter day and she was trying to figure
: >>>>>>> how she cleaned them and they didn't stink.
: >>>>>>>
: >>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters
: >>>>>>> so it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells
: >>>>>>> less nasty,
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
: >>>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
: >>>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I
: >>>>>> think what that must have felt like against the skin.
: >>>>>
: >>>>>
: >>>
: >>>
: >
: >

On 11/17/2011 9:41 AM, W. Baker wrote:

> Probably like the Kirkmans brown soap used for laundry and for washing
> you off if you got into poison ivy. It was reputed to be good at gettign
> rid of the sap wich caused all the problems.
>

It was also used to wash out one's mouth when caught uttering a dirty
word. Ask me how I know :-)
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Ozgirl wrote:

> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
> We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
> doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
> used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
> lol.

We can still get it here! Brought back by popular demand. Then one day in a
jumble sale my wife saw a soap cage - got it for a song, the young
salesperson had no idea what it was. Picked up another old tool the same
way: http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wik...hp?title=Tvare

Warning - text is in Norwegian, the picture is universal. It was used to
stir porridge, mostly - roll the handle between your palms. Grandma used it.