maxi pads,toilet paper,toothpaste and deoderant????
2007-08-03 19:19:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
newspaper........ cloths...... and they stunk..............
2007-08-03 19:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think women used to use rags and cloths on their periods. As far as toilet paper goes, I'd have to say the same. Toothpaste and deodorant didn't exist. Hygiene was much different back then.
2007-08-04 02:30:06 · answer #2 · answered by munkees81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the first item on the list, but for the rest, in order, old sears catalogs or corn husks; salt or baking soda; and lye soap and talcum powder. I got this info from my granny and other older people I have talked with over the years. Pretty primitive, but that's all they had then. Aren't we lucky now.
2007-08-04 02:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by ladyjane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well for maxi pads, they used pieces of cloth that they wash afterwards, the same for toilet paper. to freshen their breath, they chewed mint leaves and for deodorant they used fragrant oils from plants, the same way perfumes and cologne are used today.
2007-08-04 02:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by lui rhys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cloth rags (maxi)sears catalog (wipe butt)backing soda (clean teeth) and probably nothing for deoderant.
2007-08-04 02:27:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They stinked!!
Imagine being in a wagon train with all those stinky people afraid of a little bit of water for several months...peeeuuu!!
2007-08-04 02:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by inner_radiance 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used corn cobs and twigs and smelled bad. In the same order as the question.
2007-08-04 02:23:24 · answer #7 · answered by unholycricket 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watch the history channel...they had a special on this about 6 months ago! i love the history channel!
2007-08-04 02:22:39 · answer #8 · answered by Giggle Bear 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats why in some places women were put in "huts" during their time of the month because they were unclean but you know their men had to STINK and be dirty too
2007-08-04 02:23:57 · answer #9 · answered by Tiffany D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cloth. banana peels, newspaper, other crud... lost their teeth and smelled like the other crud
2007-08-04 02:30:40 · answer #10 · answered by trinklest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloth, leaves, plants, and nothing.
2007-08-04 02:21:50 · answer #11 · answered by patrickandamie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋