HERB - Re: Mangles

[Betty Braaksma]

Some more mangle lore:

When I was little my mother had an electric machine with the mangle mounted 
on top. Occasionally she got her fingers caught while feeding the 
clothes/linens through, but the mangle was designed to pop apart if the item 
being fed through was too thick (like a hand! ;)) I witnessed the mangle 
popping apart several times - pretty impressive to a little kid. You could 
also pop it open manually if things got jammed.

However, mangle accidents did happen - my cousin's wife was killed by one 
many years ago. She was doing the laundry in the winter and and was running 
back & forth from the washing machine to the clothesline, with coat & scarf 
tossed on.

You guessed it - her scarf got caught in the mangle, and that was it. There 
was some mystery about why the safety catch didn't release -  shades of 
Alfred Hitchcock & the revenge of the machines.

I heard a little while ago that these old-fashioned washers are making a 
comeback in some circles, because they seem to wash cleaner than the 
automatics. Given the potential for accidents, though, give me a non-mangle 
model any day!

Beregaria of Outremer (who usually lurks)


>A mangle is a hand-cranked (or with an electric motor) device where
>the wet cloth is forced between two rollers placed *very* close
>together - perhaps touching when new.  The water is forced out of the
>cloth rather effectively.  I've always imagined that the name came
>from what happened if you were not careful and got your hand caught.
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>Denise/Katherine
>Salem, Oregon/Terra Pomaria, Rivers, AnTir
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