Word 1 of 10: TROUSSEAU
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A few of the words
- TROUSSEAU
- From the French for a small bundle. It meant the clothes and linens a bride brought into her marriage.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CEDAR
- Chests were lined with aromatic red cedar because its scent helps repel clothes moths, though the effect fades unless the wood is sanded fresh.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DOILY
- Named for a London draper named Doyley, whose small fabric napkins were sold in the 1600s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Grandma's hope chest word search, free and printable. You can nearly smell the cedar when the lid creaks open on all that tissue paper.
About Grandma's Hope Chest
Before a girl had a house, she often had a chest. Young women once filled a cedar chest a little at a time, years ahead of any wedding, with quilts and embroidered towels and whatever linens they could manage. The cedar kept the moths off, and it also left a smell that clung to every pillowcase and doily for decades.
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