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Spring cleaning is something funny to someone that comes from a country (Brazil) where people usually do a thorough cleaning on a weekly to daily basis (by them
by ederlf 10y ago
Spring cleaning is something funny to someone that comes from a country (Brazil) where people usually do a thorough cleaning on a weekly to daily basis (by themselves or hiring cleaning maids in the case of the upper classes).
- wry_discontent 10y agoGrowing up (in the southern US) it was usually when we'd do stuff like go through closets, or reassess the placement of everything in the kitchen. It was more like reorganization than anything else. We cleaned all the time.
- inanutshellus 10y ago"Spring cleaning" where I am means "go through your things and throw away what you haven't used since the last spring cleaning." Recently I was watching a TV show about some guys living in the woods in Alaska and they really mean spring cleaning. In their case, their farm animals' feces had spent the winter frozen to the coop and barn floor boards, so at the first thaw they scrambled to clean the place up quickly!
- ska 10y agoFrom what I've seen, it's common place to clean thoroughly every week lots of places. The idea of "spring cleaning" is much more thorough than anyone would do week to week. For example taking everything out of every pantry and storage area, washing the backs of cupboards and storage, throwing expired things out, polishing metals, varnishing, etc. It does probably have more currency in climates where the weather would keep you cooped in for months over winter, and thus happen on the first chance to give everthing a good airing and bry properly.