howdo you think they did it in the old days? I know they didn't take baths that often but what did the women on the Oregon Trail do for feminine hygiene once a month? Pretty sure Kimberly Clark and such wasn't around in those days
Spinoff: frontier personal hygiene
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They could clean up the aftermath but what did they do when Aunt Flo was going strong. Surely there is a medical historian on here who could weigh in? Willie?
I'm just gonna assume everyone smelled horrible and you just dealt with it.
Knew this hippy chick who switched to hair tampons. Just tightly bundled sticks of hair. I assume ladies did something like that back then.
What about toilet paper for the general population? Hard to find grass in the desert.
Don't think Sears Roebuck printed back then.
Don't think Sears Roebuck printed back then.
That's a thought, but this is a question that needs to be answered. Otherwise, 2000 years from now, they'll be asking the same thing
Is that speculation, knowledge handed down through your family, or gained from a textbook?
Well, you just spoiled all the informed posts that would have addressed this spinoff topic from related hygiene topics
I'm sure you have heard the term "on the rag". I have heard of flour sacks being used for clothing, so not much of a stretch.
That's the power of *****... It can smell of rotten July abalone behind a thicket of winterbush....and as history proves... We'd still hit it with authority.
I have a pretty strong stomach for disgusting posts, but this one got a verbal response out of me