15 Hygiene Practices of The Middle Ages That Might Make You A Bit Nauseous
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TweetThe easily accessible Chamber Pots
Chamber pots were containers designed to collect urine that the owner produces overnight. A long time ago, in Edinburgh, you always had to be ready for someone to shout 'garde loo,' which is French for 'watch out for the water.'
If you were not quick enough, you could get into a quite unpleasant urine shower – the content of someone’s chamber pot.
Leaves or Moss instead of Toilet Paper
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It doesn’t matter whether someone was right or poor – nobody had toilet paper in the Middle Ages so people used leaves or moss to wipe their bottoms after doing their business. The rich used lamb’s wool, though.
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