RE: was 4 O'Clocks, now Hollyhock dolls
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- Subject: RE: was 4 O'Clocks, now Hollyhock dolls
- From: j* <j*@indiana.edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:31:31 -0700 (MST)
Leon Adams Jr wrote:
> Clarence writes:
>
> >I was surprised you did not know what these were, but perhaps you are too
> >young to remember when they were popular. :) Next you'll be telling us you
> >don't know how to make dolls out of hollyhock flowers that little girls used
> >to make...and I assume still do when they can find hollyhocks
>
> Clarence,
>
> Right you are. I was not around in the 30's & 40's , I wasn't born until 1950
> and yes I'm here to say I have never made a Hollyhock doll, but I do grow
> Hollyhocks. Perhaps this is a southern tradition.
>
> Jefrie Jenkins
Hey! I was born in 1952, and I made Hollyhock dolls, and I'm from New
England. Judy Sylvester
