Originally Posted by ladyinpurple135
I really, really appreciate you including this website. There are so many "truths" about quilting that are total fabrications but continue to be passed along as gospel. I try, in my own little way to dispell as many of these myths as possible when teaching beginners. Now if only people would stop believing this undergroung railroad quilt myth - - - a complete fabrication that is now taught as "truth", even in schools. (Sorry, this is on my list of soapbox issues.) I have absolutely no problem with quilt stories - like family stories, etc. though. I love history, just not the fables - and George Washington did not have wooden teeth.
Thanks for helping quilters learn quilt history, and thanks for letting me express my own opinions,
Sandy in Mooresville, NC
Thanks Sandy. I am not even American and I was taught that George Washington had wooden teeth!!!!
You have to be so careful with things that "everyone knows", because sometimes they are simply not true. Examples like this are pretty harmless but there are all sorts of urban myths out there, and some of them contribute to prejudice in society, so I like to be a skeptic and check the source whenever I can.
(So, what WERE GW's teeth made from?!!)