' Then he gathered together in his apron all kinds of golden things, went on shore and walked straight to the royal palace.
And Maren threw her apron over little Rasmus; he must not hear that kind of talk.
" These children lived on the first floor of the house; in the flat above them lived another branch of the family, also with children, but these all had long since been shaken from their mother's apron strings, so big were they; one son was seventeen, and another twenty, but the third one was very old, said little Marie; he was twenty-five, and engaged to be married.
"As a little child you used to trample on my apron, but one day I fear you will trample on my heart.
She held her apron before her: it was full of flowers; it was as if they sprung into life there, for the more she scattered around her, the more flowers did her apron contain.
If you hold it in front of you, it is large enough for an apron; and if you hold it over your head, it is almost as good as an umbrella, it is so wonderfully large.
She had a green linen apron thrown over her head and shoulders, and it was quite wet, as if it had been raining heavily.
In an old apron she carried a number of matches, and had a bundle of them in her hands.
The dogs will be quiet as soon as they see this apron.
I have to number them first before I put them in my apron, and also to number the places from which I take them, so that they may go back into the right holes, or else they would not remain, and we should have a number of falling stars, for they would all tumble down one after the other.
And she hid her hands under her apron, so that the king might not see how she must be suffering.
She leaned upon a stick and carried on her back a bundle of firewood, which she had collected in the forest; her apron was tied round it, and John saw three great stems of fern and some willow twigs peeping out.
But you need not be at all afraid of him; I will give you my blue checked apron, which you must spread upon the floor, and then boldly seize hold of the dog, and place him upon it.
Mom was forever doing chores - washing laundry by hand, tending the pigs, or working in our huge garden - so she always wore mended, cotton-print housedresses and an apron to protect the front.
