Household Crafts and Tips: The Foxfire Americana Library (12) by Foxfire Fund Inc

Author:Foxfire Fund, Inc. [Foxfire Fund, Inc.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Do-It-Yourself, General, Crafts & Hobbies, Folkcrafts, House & Home, Sustainable Living
ISBN: 9780307948311
Google: B947EfK_pUAC
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-09-06T21:26:43+00:00

DIPPER GOURDS

In the past, many people found that the gourd could be used in different and useful ways. They used gourds to make holders for women’s sewing notions, to store lye soap after it was made, and as small types of bowls or dishes for decoration or to put odds and ends in. One of the best uses of the gourd was as a dipper at the well or in the house for drinking purposes.

The scientific name for a dipper gourd is Cucuribita foetidissima (perennis) and a couple of its common names are calabash and siphon gourd.

Not very long ago Suzy set up an interview with Lawton Brooks who grows his own gourds and had said he would cut us out a dipper gourd when we came. I was really glad I was involved with what went on that afternoon; the main reason being that it was my first visit to Florence and Lawton’s, and I just enjoyed spending that part of the day with them. When Suzy and I arrived there, we talked awhile as Suzy has known them for a long time. Then we discussed the process of growing gourds. We went on out on the front porch while Lawton talked and made the gourd into a dipper. In an hour or so, we ended up with the gourd finished and ready to be used for drinking.

ROY DICKERSON

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