Heather: What did they do with trash when you were on the farm? | Audrey Mae Spencer

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6 June 2004

Heather: What did they do with trash when you were on the farm?

Audrey: We didn’t have any trash to throw away.

Conversations, Life in Anthony (Coventry)

H: Really? Well, I never stopped to realize that, but that goes with that old New England saying, “Use it up. Wear it out. Or do without.” What was it like to move to West Warwick in that big house? Heather: How did the early settlers in New England keep the food and milk cold in the summer?