The Story of Elizabeth Latham

MY CHORES

Although I do many other types of work, these few are most important:

  • Spinning, done nearly every day
  • Mending, done every week
  • Soapmaking, done in autumn
  • Candle dipping, done in spring
  • Cooking, done every day
  • Washing clothes, done every month
  • Tending the garden, done every day in spring, summer, and autumn, and shared with Mary
  • Helping Mary and Bartholomew with their lessons, done almost every afternoon.

I do all my chores for the welfare of the family. So all are good and a benefit to my Spirit. But if I could choose one to have done with, it would be the soapmaking, for the stink of it gives me an ache in the head.

My Life - My Family - My Father's House