Well I see we have our fair share of country folks.
From my earliest memories I remember them being used as Water Cans as we had no well and the water we used for drinking and cooking had to be hauled from town. Mom and Dad would load them up on horseback if the roads were too bad to drive in the winter, otherwise they'd load them into our old car and get fresh water that way. If they went horseback they'd hang 2 from the saddle horn one on each side to balance the load. No trotting or galloping with them tied on.
Can you imagine what your legs would look like if you did? We were about 5 miles from town so it was a hard task never looked forward to especially when temperatures could be -0 F!
For you city folks farmers used them to haul milk or cream to sell, back when they only had a few cows to milk, as their daries grew it became a real chore and the tanker wagon, and later tanker truck took over. As said here most of them are used as decorations now.
You just never know what will bring back old memories!
Marg, again beautiful subject and job done so well!
However I still HATE SNOW!
LOL
Gabby
