What did folks do before the invention of toilet paper?

Answer 1

The Romans had public bathrooms with sliced open (top half) plumbing pipes and had a natural sea sponge on a stick for people to use that would set in the bathrooms, it was a communal thing.

My great grandmother used paper from catalogs (no lie...) not corncobs. They had an outhouse.

I don't know what other cultures used, except possibly fresh leaves?

Answer 2

moss,newspaper,magazines in the outhouses

Answer 3

Toilet Paper Historical facts.
http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/funfacts.htm

What did people use before toilet paper was invented?

*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

Answer 4

ugh... i don't even want to think about it.... OMG...

Answer 5

paper and before that leaves and before that, probably nothing

Answer 6

They used their left hand to clean themselves and their right hand for eating or greeting. That's why in some countries it is still considered highly disrespectful to greet someone by shaking hands with their left hand. In parts of Africa, though, the opposite is true, and a right-handed handshake could be considered rude.

Don't forget about bidets! (pronounced, "bin-aye") They are still used in Europe to clean ones self after using the toilet by spraying the area with water. Users who are unfamiliar with bidets often confuse a bidet with a urinal, toilet, or even a drinking fountain. The user should use the toilet before using the bidet; its purpose is to wash afterwards.