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26 elders have answered so far. Tap any card to listen.

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"What do you remember about your grandmother's garden?"

1 voice

  • Sarie Coetzee

    Natal · b. 1939

    AF

    My grandmother's garden had geraniums and sorrel leaves. And peach trees — so many peaches we gave them to the neighbours. The smell of peaches in the afternoons.

"Tell me something about your mother's hands. The smell, the shape, what they did."

2 voices

  • Maria du Toit

    Karoo · b. 1934

    AF

    I remember my mother's hands smelled of soap and dough. When she hugged me, I always smelled her. Hands that smelled of work, of home.

  • Sarie Coetzee

    Natal · b. 1939

    AF

    My mother's hands were small but strong. She always smelled of earth and herbs, especially in summer when she worked in the garden. I remember her hands on my hair.

"What do you remember about Sunday morning in your house when you were small?"

1 voice

  • Jan Botha

    Western Cape · b. 1936

    AF

    Sunday morning was the sound of the wagoners' church bells far across the mountain. My mother made porridge and we sat in silence while my father read the Bible.

"Describe the bread your family ate. The smell, the shape, who baked it."

2 voices

  • Maria du Toit

    Karoo · b. 1934

    AF

    The bread was round, crusty outside and soft inside. My grandmother baked it every Friday in the outdoor oven. The whole yard smelled wonderful.

  • Jan Botha

    Western Cape · b. 1936

    AF

    The bread was made from wheat my father ground himself. Dark, strong, with salt. We ate it with butter and jam — every day the smell was the same.