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19401749Pennsylvania c. 1940's. Cream linen blue embroidery some fraying. Four linen strips 42 x 8.25 inches. These decorative hand embroidered pieces feature a poem for housewives - striving to perform in a thrifty manner. Pennsylvanian German. The second stanza ‘mite’ likely refers to the biblical currency. Cream linen blue embroidered some fraying. <br />Roughly translated: <br />Auj jedem Schrank in jedum Haus <br />“From every cupboard in every house” <br />Siehl alle mal die Frau heraus <br />“The wife always sees everything” <br />Aus einem Hellur zehne machl” <br />“Every mite makes ten” <br />Eigner Herd isl Goldes werl <br />“The owners hearth is worth gold” <br /> <br/><br/> unknown books