2007-01-14 08:41:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
A moon and stars were used in colonial times to designate the sex of the outhouses. Originally the moon was for women and the star was for the men. But the men's outhouse was usually in such disrepair, everyone wanted to use the women's outhouse. ...so, eventually they quit using the stars altogether.
also, moon and sun used...
Having a door, sometimes decorated with a small crescent moon-shaped hole [1]. The significance of the moon has never been fully explained. In Germany, a heart-shaped hole is traditional. In recent centuries, the finer inns began offering "his" and "hers" outhouses. But, because most people were illiterate, symbols were used on the outhouses to show which was "his" and which was "hers". Pictures of the sun and moon were the obvious choice. From ancient times, the "sun" had been a symbol of all that was masculine and the "moon" of all that was feminine.
2007-01-14 09:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by dedum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So how come only the moon was left? Do the boys just have to use the wall, or a hole in the woods?
Yeah, I think the male/female sun/moon symbolism is right, but I'm not sure why only the moon stayed around. Maybe since there's a moon every time you use the outhouse?
2007-01-14 09:03:45 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
initially, the solar become meant for adult males's doors and the moon for ladies's. however the ladies's outhouses have been so sparkling, that the adult males began applying them. They desperate to merge them into unisex loos and that they stored the creasant moon on the exterior.
2016-12-12 11:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The woodshed was often a lean-to attached to the schoolhouse, but the most accepted arrangement was to place it between the schoolhouse and the privy, with a fence separating the boys' entrance from the girls'. The ancient designation of privy doors was to saw into them a sun (for boys' toilet) and a moon (for girls' toilet)."
2007-01-14 08:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by psstoffagain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've wondered the same thing myself. Hopefully someone else will know, because I'd like to read the answers.
2007-01-14 08:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
to let in light and give occupant ability to see out while limiting those outside from seeing in.
believe me i have considered this one too.
sounds like we don't have lives i know...but mine is relatively full.
2007-01-14 13:15:42 · answer #6 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TO LET IN MOON LITE SO YOU CAN SEE AT NIGHT
2007-01-14 09:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by x2play4u 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋