How do Entered Apprentice Mason wear their aprons?

How do Entered Apprentice Mason wear their aprons?

• A. With the top turned up to protect their clothes from being soiled.
• B. With the top down and the apron worn flat.
• C. With the bottom turned up.
• D. Wrapped around the waist.

Answer: (A)

Entering Apprentice Masons wear the apron with the top edge turned up. This keeps the apron clean and protects their clothing from soil while they move around the lodge, and it marks the traditional way this degree presents itself. If the top were kept down, the flap would not protect as effectively and the apron wouldn’t sit in its proper position. Turning the bottom up would misorient the apron and isn’t how it’s worn, and wrapping it around the waist wouldn’t match the standard way the apron is worn in this degree. The upward-facing flap is the conventional, practical and symbolic arrangement for the Apprentice.

Entering Apprentice Masons wear the apron with the top edge turned up. This keeps the apron clean and protects their clothing from soil while they move around the lodge, and it marks the traditional way this degree presents itself. If the top were kept down, the flap would not protect as effectively and the apron wouldn’t sit in its proper position. Turning the bottom up would misorient the apron and isn’t how it’s worn, and wrapping it around the waist wouldn’t match the standard way the apron is worn in this degree. The upward-facing flap is the conventional, practical and symbolic arrangement for the Apprentice.