Re: was 4 O'Clocks, now Hollyhock dolls
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- Subject: Re: was 4 O'Clocks, now Hollyhock dolls
- From: n*@juno.com (Nicki Shay)
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:54:55 -0700 (MST)
Add me to the list of those who grow hollyhocks, born in the 30's - but
have never heard of hollyhock dolls. What are they? C'mon Clarence,
fess up!
Nicki Shay of Washington State - where the slugs grow!!! (smile)
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:31:31 -0700 (MST) jlsylves <jlsylves@indiana.edu>
writes:
>
>
> 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
>
