randomdood 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2006 i thought they used there hands, cuz there was this one story about it but i forgot, i think your left hand is your wiping hand.... anyway, it was disgusting no matter what they used, back before toliet paper things were not as hygenic as today anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squeaky 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2006 They must have used leaves, I mean who on this earth would want to use their hands to clean up their own business? Animals don't even do that. They poop and leave. And I don't they had enough animal hide or cloth back in those days.I think they used leaves until they thought that using leaves started getting nasty. I wonder if they ever come across poison ivy. xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted May 10, 2008 Be grateful you have toiletpaper Before The Toilet Paper You may not believe this, but it was once common practice in rural America to leave a corncob hanging from a string in the outhouse for purposes of personal hygiene. The string, I gather, was to permit the cob to be reused. For those who were punctilious in these matters, or else blessed with an abundance of corncobs, a box of disposable cobs might be provided instead. In coastal regions, the cob might be replaced by a mussel shell. For those who had access to it, paper from discarded books or newspapers was often preferred to either of the foregoing. The meteoric growth of the Sears Roebuck company, for instance, is thought to be partly attributable to the protean nature of its catalogs, which, historians tells us, might serve a family of regular habits for an entire season. As with the cob, the catalog would be hung in the outhouse on a string and pages torn off as needed. It is said the use of coated stock, which was nonabsorbent, was a source of great consternation to farm families when Sears began printing color pictures in the catalog earlier in this century. English lords, in attempting to teach their sons to be cultivated gentlemen, often advised purchasing an inexpensive volume of verse for use in the loo. The idea, of course, was that while you were sitting there in a contemplative state you would be able to read a few stanzas, subsequent to which the paper could be put to other ends, so to speak. -reply by Ravynmoon835 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
i_speel_good 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2008 I was watching Brainiac (The history abuse one) the other day and they were trying to see what's best to wipe your butt with. They got toilet paper, a brush, some other thing I can't remember, and a guy with his left arm... yikes. They made elastic butts and added stuff in them (pretty much goo-y stuff like jelly), It was either the brush or the arm that won xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aegreatone 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2008 unmm, ya used ya hands and then wash ya hands with water Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hertonsils 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 Hahahaha what a funny question. I'm guessing leaves or bark... or nothing at all? (Hey you asked!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polly-ester 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 Before they had toilet paper, they had mail order catalogues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites