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People wiped themselves with writing paper, wool, hemp, seashells, corn cobs, sponges, stones, small wooden planks, moss, snow, and their own hands. Pretty muc
by simonsarris 16y ago
People wiped themselves with writing paper, wool, hemp, seashells, corn cobs, sponges, stones, small wooden planks, moss, snow, and their own hands.
Pretty much anything. Of course some of these methods are still in use today, depending on where you look.
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- ez77 16y agoYou are forgetting about a 17th-century invention based on running water [1] which, by the way, to this day is considered by many to be significantly more hygienic than wiping. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet