tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post4629897106866288470..comments2024-02-18T22:40:55.084-05:00Comments on Jane Austen Today: Personal Hygiene in Jane Austen's DayVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-61467396805280310642010-08-06T00:20:57.817-04:002010-08-06T00:20:57.817-04:00This was very interesting. I was wondering about t...This was very interesting. I was wondering about this, too, when I visited Jane's bedroom. How would you wash your full body with a small bowl like this? Or did people simply not do that? Did they just wash their faces, necks and hands and ignore the rest? <br /><br />I was also thinking how smelly it would have been in the bedroom if they kept the chamberpot there all night until it was Annahttp://www.austenised.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-84562830886240929762010-08-04T19:45:20.953-04:002010-08-04T19:45:20.953-04:00Thank you so much Raquel !
Chasbaz,
I'm with ...Thank you so much Raquel !<br /><br />Chasbaz,<br />I'm with you when it comes to showers too !Nonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227580166409342214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-77010743623273537152010-08-04T15:18:44.479-04:002010-08-04T15:18:44.479-04:00Tony,
Nonna Beach have said all, living in the pa...Tony,<br /><br />Nonna Beach have said all, living in the past may seem romantic, but it was not!Raquelhttp://janeausten.com.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-45286021526663462382010-08-03T17:39:33.766-04:002010-08-03T17:39:33.766-04:00A couple of points. Earth closets might use a buc...A couple of points. Earth closets might use a bucket but, in the country at least, they were often just dug deep in the soil. I spent weeks of the summer at a farm in Norway when I was younger, and although there were earth privies and no bathroom it was still not difficult to keep clean, and took not a lot of getting used to. I admit it would have been more of a chore in the winter. Fact is,Charles Bazalgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239017087608533710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-75593627269527001722010-08-03T12:22:09.970-04:002010-08-03T12:22:09.970-04:00I shuddered at just the title of this post. I can&...I shuddered at just the title of this post. I can't get into the downside of living in past times in history when it comes to chamber pots, privies, water closets, stinky people, rotten teeth, cleanliness ( or lack thereof ) etc. although it is interesting, I'd rather not know !Nonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227580166409342214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-16640384852351467372010-08-03T07:19:02.701-04:002010-08-03T07:19:02.701-04:00Tony,
What a fascinating topic. It prompted me to...Tony,<br /><br />What a fascinating topic. It prompted me to finish reviewing a book on Privies and Water Closets. I love how you share your images of your visits to Chawton Cottage, which in many cases are unique and different.Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com