5

If there was any left he would put it on table. Then we'd take pan of water.
Father told family go and wash your hands.
or
He & wife would start and he washed hands and put water in face. Would rub hands an
dollar - kids couldn't wait. [Ilsa?] was so [?] have money. Dollar is left in pan.

A Daddy would come from barn and bring handful of hay + cow feed [?] or oats wheat rye )take a handful of grain that was stored in barn, and put it under the table (dining room) on the floor] stayed there until after New Years. [Meant ?] Christmas
born in a manger in straw in a barn - this was brought
in house as a [ ??] of
this. Represented Christ born
in a manger in a barn.
(LIne 9 to line 11 in bracket with number 1.)
When this was done, when you'd
sit on table, you wouldn't
get up. All food was
set out on table in pots
[?????] All set + nobody [???] *