2007-07-08 20:53:47 · 19 answers · asked by lea 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOLOL...............that's a very good question. maybe they used cloths, and just rinsed them out and reused them.
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2007-07-08 20:55:36 · answer #1 · answered by FordExploder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying that Jesus wiped his bum on a leaf....oh that is too human...and do you think he might have had a pee as well....how disgusting...perhaps they just went down to the river and gave the old bum a good wash in the Jordan. I don't suppose he ever got an erection do you? It's amazing what people can believe if they truly want too.
2007-07-08 20:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Paul D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually there have been public bogs.. they have been somewhat disgusting.. regardless of the undeniable fact that keep in mind that the 1st actual sewage structures have been more desirable back then. take a look into the image i'm placing in the supplies to instruct you what those historical bogs regarded like! they did not precisely have privateness! fairly of bathroom paper, they actually used a form of sponge on a stick!
2016-12-14 03:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by messenger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, even though by our standards people back then weren't very sanitary, they actually were.
If I'm not mistaken, after getting rid of bodily wastes, people rinsed off with water.
Perhaps they did use cloths and then wash them and re-use, but it still would have been pretty sanitary. Immediately afterwards, the cloths would have been boiled in water with herbs, and then laid out in the sun to dry.
The only time people would have used leaves is if nothing else was available.
2007-07-08 21:02:22 · answer #4 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, according to PBS, every Centurion carried his own rags on a stick to wipe himself with. In Boy Scouts we used leaves. I think paper then would have been too rare.
2007-07-08 21:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure exactly, but in olden times they would just use their hands, which is why they used to shake at the forearms, instead of hands. I also read once that they used their left hands to whipe, so that's why it's customary to shake with the right.
2007-07-08 20:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Romans used sticks with cotton wrapped around the end. They dunked it in a bucket of vinegar in between uses. I have no clue what other cultures did, but i would think cloth that was rinsed periodically, or leaves if you were poorer.
2007-07-08 20:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
At that time, Romans were the most civilized.
They used sponges on a stick in their public latrines.
Yes, reusable ones.
2007-07-08 20:58:17 · answer #8 · answered by puppies.sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament.
2007-07-08 20:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by Desiree 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus used water.All İslam prophets used water to clean the body.
2007-07-08 21:00:36 · answer #10 · answered by nezih batgun 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They used there hands. That is why they only use the clean hand to shake hands. I hope this helps. Best Regards, M.G.S.
2007-07-08 21:03:19 · answer #11 · answered by Mettle Gnosis Seraph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋