for us having toilet papers, what did the ancient people use?

Answer 1

The same what middle and far eastern countries use now -- you hand and some water. They use their right hand to eat and their left hand to clean themselves. In some middle eastern countries, they still sever the right hand if you are convicted of theft thereby rendering the person to having to eat with the same hand that cleans their a*s.

Answer 2

Newsprint, paper catalogue pages in early US
*Hayballs, Scraper/gompf stick kept in container by the privy in the Middle Ages
*Discarded sheep's wool in the Viking Age, England
*Frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal *Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
*Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, leaves, sand- United States
*Water and your left hand, India
*Pages from a book, British Lords
*Coconut shells in early Hawaii
*Lace was used by French Royalty
*Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
*The Wealthy in Ancient Rome-Wool and Rosewater
*French Royalty-lace, hemp
*Hemp & wool were used by the elite citizens of the world
*Defecating in the river was very common internationally
*Bidet, France
*Snow and Tundra Moss were used by early Eskimos

Source: http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/funfacts.htm

Answer 3

A lot of people in the modern world do not use toilet paper. They rinse with water.

Answer 4

Leaves, grass, or a scrapper...Romans used a scrapper, and from that we get the phrase "dirty end of the stick".
Old English phrase-Holly is called the cleanest tree- because you never use the leaves to wipe with.
they also used sponges and rags, and then when paper was commonly available, any old paper.

Answer 5

Leaves

Answer 6

I have traveled a bit and often it is sloshing with water, so i expect ancient people used water or leaves/grass.

Answer 7

It's gross. I saw it on the History Channel. They used sponges attached to sticks and the same one was used by multiple people. I have no idea how often it was changed.

http://nobodys-perfect.com/vtpm/ExhibitHall/Informational/tphistory.html

Answer 8

They lived like baboons!

Answer 9

Leaves or corn cobs.....George

Answer 10

they did not use. our forefathers had stinky asses.