What Hygiene Was Like in Colonial America

Personal hygiene in the 1700s was heavily maintained through a complicated balance of practicality, religious belief, and social position. Men and women living in colonial America washed their bodies and clothes with varying degrees of regularity, often falling victim to disease and disorder as a result.
Despite the differing attributes of the original colonies, colonial hygiene in the earliest cities and rural settlements in America always left a lot to be desired, with odors, dirt, and waste being inescapable parts of daily life. Middle- and upper-class people tried to avoid or mask common nuisances like insects, usually to no avail, while lower classes simply struggled to survive.
#ColonialAmerica #Hygiene #WeirdHistory

[@Housewarmin]

Everyone always says romanticizes the past. “What time would you go back?!!” Umm I love running water, modern medicine, electricity and technology, and no slavery. Thank you.

[@batman5224]

Well, I’m sure that several hundred years from now, people will view this time period in a similar way. You can’t judge the past by modern standards. Some things are obviously better now, but not everything.

[@swagfeller]

Slavery still exists

[@caleb2507]

Sincerely Eccentric running water to varying degrees has existed throughout history (Rome). Modern medicine is as much of a sham as colonial was. Electricity has been around for a 130 or so years, technology has existed since the first caveman created fire. Slavery has and always will exist in one form or another. Soooo.... what time period are you talking about?

[@pollypurree1834]

Plumbing has been around since Ancient Rome. They had running water. They thought back then if you got water in your ears, it could travel to your brain and kill you. They called this Water On The Brain and it was listed on many death certificates as the cause of death. That's why they avoided bathing and washing their hair. Modern medicine isnt much better and most of it is a sad joke. MS, which is clearly some form of repeated chemical poisoning from, perhaps, pesticide residual on foods such as wheat, is the modern era's version of Water On The Brain.

[@Kusunoky]

@@pollypurree1834 and not so long the amalgam on teeth, it got banned or at least in many country's because of the mercury poisoning, specially on your brain.

[@spj2000]

I can't imagine living in a world where you just throw shit out the window every morning

[@bellamaster6876]

People just post it on Twitter instead now

[@sarahprince2412]

@Sinister Veritas Of course someone has to make a stupid comment about Trump that has nothing to do with this video. Shut up on Trump already. What about all the stupid whiny bullshit coming from Liberals? I hate to break it to you but unlike other Presidents Trump has actually kept a bunch of his promises and has accomplished them. If Liberals would learn to work with Trump instead of trying sabotage him every step of the way and think only of themselves then maybe we would get a lot more stuff done here. Trump came in as a businessman and not a politician which is why Liberals hate him. We can make our country great but it’s dumbass Liberals who want to destroy our country and would rather have socialism than a democracy. Stop watching the fake news and get your head out of your ass. Stop letting the scare mongering media tell you what to do and learn to think for yourself.

[@krioni86sa]

@@sarahprince2412 I completely agree

[@MCGrassblock210]

Sinister Veritas Why is there always some asshole making something political?

[@christianroach8105]

You would love New York

[@casspeich926]

suddenly i don’t feel like complaining about 2020 anymore

[@James_Philip915]

tbf they didn't know better so it was normal. Imagine 100 years from now, people watching a video about the 21st century and seeing how filthy we are.

[@uwewinkler2820]

wonder what animal teeth george washington did wear ...beaver perhaps

[@notthisguyagain2269]

@Layla Forrest and as the guy who doesnt mind going diving for oysters on occasion with the right lady i appreciate you

[@bennugent7206]

James Philip I doubt that but I wouldn’t be surprised if modern medicine techniques are seen as “barbaric”. I bet once they find a half decent cure chemotherapy will looks like a better torture method than medicinal practice.

[@avalonpage5985]

try 563

[@mailtojarriya]

We are living better than all kings in the past.

[@icantthinkofaname15]

True

[@joseruiz4026]

In a way yes but they had something we all dont have , ambition and help from aliens lmfao jk

[@giovannyarce]

Indeed

[@luckyDancer100]

Well not in terms in castle ownership

[@giannamason9848]

@@joseruiz4026 new world order 👁

[@jamesferris4573]

I am an older man, and I was raised in a small farming area in Oklahoma in the early 60's. My father was a WWll vet, and like many didn't have a high school diploma. He was a poor peanut farmer, and we were surrounded by relatives, and friends who were in the same financial boat. No one in that area had indoor plumbing, and all knew poverty. I lived in a four room house without indoor plumbing, and inadequate heating until I was a teenager, and my parents fortune changed. We were self sefecient, and grew our own vegetables, and fruit, which my mother would can in fruit jars, and store in the cellar. My father, and uncles would butcher hogs, and cure the meat in my grandfathers smokehouse. My parents would have a calf butchered, and stored at a local meat locker until we needed it. The only thing that was purchased was some clothes, and material, thread, patterns, and staples such as sugar, salt, and things one can't grow. My grandfather was born in 1880, and his father was a U.S. marshal in what is now S.W. Oklahoma, and West Texas. My grandfather passed in 1976, but left many stories of his father, and the time spent with him traveling the country. I was raised in what was more like the 19th. century, and although there were rough times we were always clean. My mother was a very hard working, strong woman, and watching how hard she worked gave me a healthy respect for strong women. My mother cooked three hot meals a day, no t.v. dinners, or fast food, she heated the water to wash the dishes, and for the bath water. She did all of the gardening, picking fruit, vegetables, canning, house cleaning, and helped in the fields The bath tub was a galvanized tub, which was carried into the kitchen, and filled with water, which my brother, and I carried from the windmill. It took time to heat the water on the propane stove for the bath water, but it was done regularly. Our clothes were old, but always clean, and the outhouse was no different than an indoor toilet. It was a lot colder in Winter, and you had to knock the black widow spider webs out from under the rim in the Summer, but if you were a clean person you were still clean. Some people are not clean, and have lived their entire lives in luxury. There seems to be a misconception that people who use an outhouse were nasty, and couldn't get clean, but this is not true. My father kept lime in the bottom to keep it from smelling, and other than the inconvenience, ours was clean. I have experienced a lot in my life, as my grandfather before me did, and people were no different then, than now, some are clean, Some are not. Indoor plumbing, and modern facilities make it easier, but the desire to care is in each person. My father was taught to believe that all household work was women's work. He was a good man, but misguided like many in that era. After watching my mother work I told my wife when we got married over 45yrs. ago that there was no women's work. We have always shared the house work, and I believe you both live there, and mess it up, so you should share the work. Stay safe everyone.

[@maddison5120]

You sound very strong! I need to stop taking my middle-class life for granted. I enjoyed reading your story. Your mother was one hardworking lady!

[@emmy1868]

Thank you for sharing !

[@jamesferris4573]

Waffle Cakes. Thank you. She was a very strong, hard working, wonderful woman.

[@shebamaree9026]

James Farris hello fellow Oklahoman

[@jamesferris4573]

Sheba Maree. Hello yourself. How are things in your part of the sooner state?

[@atompunk456]

Imagine walking pass a house and some shit falls on your head

[@susanfurlong2002]

It would make your hair grow!

[@fraudbuster5232]

@@susanfurlong2002 and then draw flies and other insects that was discussed in the video.

[@susanfurlong2002]

@@fraudbuster5232 Hahaha! It was pretty gross, that's for sure.

[@largebaguette6495]

That actually happened to Marie Antoinette

[@susanfurlong2002]

@@largebaguette6495 Really!

[@davidharris3728]

I sometimes find myself daydreaming about living in another period of human history, but in reality, we as humans have never lived in a more comfortable, prosperous, or safe time. Videos like this really put into perspective how much we take for granted now-a-days.

[@mackmulhall7595]

we live in the worst time ever , over the last 100 years we have fought 2 world wars, committed mass genocide across the planet and have created the end of humanity and sparked undeniable mental illness crisis

[@davidharris3728]

@@mackmulhall7595 I'm talking about the 21st century my friend. The death rate due to violence is 1 per 100,000 deaths, making this by far the most peaceful century in human history.

[@Nunyabiznez976]

Well stated 🤙🏼

[@nekowaseigi8618]

"women didn't shave at the time" damn am I supposed to rn?

[@thetillerwiller4696]

Right I hardly shave my underarms, I don’t even have my legs and stuff ever 😂 too much work for it to grow back

[@ianmomanyi3266]

Yes! Shave

[@bucketonfoot]

@@ianmomanyi3266 or they could not. It’s a choice...

[@Jack_Horner]

@@bucketonfoot I think that was sarcasm...... 😕

[@evagwennie]

@@Jack_Horner i saw some of his other comments and i don’t think he’s joking lol

[@BeckVMH]

I have always believed a hot shower is one of the life’s greatest luxuries. This video is just another illustration.

[@rj9617]

As an otr truck driver I can attest to the fact that a hot shower is indeed one of life's greatest luxuries.

[@alexmercer5414]

Or a cold shower

[@johnyurick8785]

Stevee Wonders ........fake news!!!!!!

[@mussolinibikini1869]

Alex Mercer or a shower

[@ebonimom6964]

Dude a hot shower is wonderful.... hell hot water in general! We just recent purchased a hot tub to put inside of one end of our gazebo. We put up a screen and hung a projector. So every night we literally sit in 100 degree bubbling water, drink wine and watch movies. We have only had it for 3 weeks so each time I'm out there, I feel like a queen and nobody can tell me anything different. We put in a nice outdoor couch, a nice rug, some lights and close all of the nets so no bugs come in... its absolutely amazing. Then come in the house and have a hot shower and straight to bed!! Literally the high point of my day!

[@flaviosaucedo4553]

Some people i work with still think they’re in a colonial Era 🤮🤢🤭

[@richardputz3233]

Flavio Saucedo I worked with one guy that could out stink the sulphur oder coming of a oil refinery !

[@miriambarnett2782]

I’ve worked with a few like that

[@markjasontillerva1855]

they're*

[@AmirTori]

😂😂😂

[@Tejaye777]

Lol!!!

[@eligreg99]

The thing is they probably didn’t even realize they all stunk like that because all of their noses got use to that smell. Who’s to say in 100-200 years they think we are dirty and smell bad as well lol.

[@johngriffith7226]

In the future they might think we all smelled like diesel, gasoline, fried catfish, coal smoke , exhaust fumes,McDonald's, asphalt, used motor oil and burnt plastic. I think they would be right

[@raystaar]

Dear Voice Over Artist: You're the best announcer I've yet heard on KZbin. Your tone, while light and humorous, remains professional, never boorish or overly broad, even though the topics you cover could easily lead you down that road. While I'm at it, I'd also like to compliment Weird History on its scripts and production value. Both are excellent. It's not for nothing you have amassed over 2 million subscribers. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

[@jahsei7269]

Imagine walking up to Benjamin Franklin..and he stinks I’d be like “instead of discovering electricity you need to discover some soap”.

[@jacqueliney32]

LMAOOO

[@margomazzeo1680]

😂😂🎈🎈

[@dbridger620]

And Ol' Ben fancied himself to be quite the lady's man!

[@Jryder933]

Lol😂😂🤣🤣

[@Bloombaby99]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@butterfIyy1]

When someone has access to water and soap in 2020 and still don't take advantage of it is what I call a tragedy to humanity 😭

[@jeancarlosartist]

Diana Theu would rather have access to nasty ass cologne that mutates with shit.

[@ms.trashcan8187]

jean moreno *hint*hint middle school football and basketball player

[@CosmicHarmony58]

Stfu and kiss me

[@susanfurlong2002]

Many people still do the......only water splash and no soap!! YUCK!😳

[@chadbearden6997]

Diana hahahahaha

[@JNeil1975]

I've often said that I'd love to go back in time.....but after watching this video....I've changed my mind! haha

[@victoriachapman5674]

Me and you both

[@newyorkusa9155]

Facts bro lol

[@RachelG1979]

Have to be very specific in where you go. Rome during its peak would have been a decent hygiene place to be with their millions of gallons of fresh water coming into the city. Bath houses existed. Many other cons, of course, but for cleanliness its a pro.

[@judyhansel8000]

The most startling thought? No birth control. Each of my grandmother's had 9 children. My farm grandma had no electricity,, indoor plumbing, central heat until late 1940's. Seven miles from town: no car til 1920. I found it a very peaceful place as a child living in a city.

[@itskinaraaa]

I *LEGIT* took a shower after this video; Had me itching the WHOLE TIME... ✌🏾😂💯🚿🛁🚿🛀🏾

[@oppsutton5293]

🗣💯🎯💪🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂🤣

[@__jolynn__5120]

Same lol 😂

[@ugly_kermit6148]

Ikr 😂😅👁👄👁💧🛀🛁🚿🧼🧴🧽🪒✅💯👍✌️🤞🤠💀😼😽✨✨

[@sherrifinnegan371]

Lol 😆

[@halfred8011]

Might be other thangs

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"Those who bathe are less likely to engage in other sins and less likely to be poor" brb gonna take _yet another_ bath

[@themrdeadlift]

Clearly they cant see what I'm doing when I'm bathing...

[@dachimneysmokerc7621]

@@themrdeadlift doing a pee in the bath ?

[@JohnGalt916]

I kinda get the over all point. Its not the bathing. Its the discipline to wake up early, wash, and work on a farm. Kinda like how Jordan Peterson tells young men "clean your room". Its not the act of cleansing the room. Its the discipline of it. So go take that bath booboo make that money.

[@cameronmcphee8224]

@DAChimneySmoker c Yeah, you’ll be so clean then

[@dachimneysmokerc7621]

@@cameronmcphee8224 it was meant sarcastically

[@Zanechr]

1:07 Imma call it a "caca-rooch" from now on😂

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Lol

[@KR-xn8xr]

Our Standard of Living has literally improved by like 1 Billion times, another reason to be greatful to be alive today.

[@shawnmichaelduncan5951]

Just recently we had to have doctors going on television telling people how to wash their hands. In 2020.

[@__jolynn__5120]

Sad really 🤷‍♀️

[@__jolynn__5120]

@Richard Head oh my gosh that is discusting 😱😱😱 !! Best of luck with that, you might have to say something to them !! Have a blessed weekend 😇 !!

[@Teewriter]

They THOUGHT they had to tell people how to wash their hands.

[@susanfurlong2002]

@mustapha saeed Hahaha........ you are so right! Just like some people dress up and don't fucking use soap & shower!!!!

[@jenniferbeathea7906]

😣😕

[@basabaula7428]

1000 years later : what hygiene was like in 2020

[@jackbtingey]

Ryo not even a 1000 years. Really just 300

[@Grasp54]

"Middle school boys often would dump entire canisters of Axe body spray instead of showering"

[@missScarlatine]

They used toilet paper instead of the three shells we use today.

[@spookyspider2820]

Trevor Lowe Beg to differ.

[@Grasp54]

@@chuckycheeser who isn't funny?

[@k.de.3838]

Imagine having a dentist (back then) examining your mouth without latex gloves or without washing his hands first. 😳

[@asnider3155]

I would be soooo much more worried about the lack of an anesthetic.

[@miked848]

The weird history collection has reignited my interest in history. A safe place to re- learn the basics from my forgotten formal education. The videos prompt me to look a little deeper online. Keep up the good work!

[@AbeFrancis]

would have been interesting to hear about how women of the time dealt with their periods, considering they’ve been a main part of 50% of the population’s hygiene routine...

[@kellyalves756]

Watch the Medieval video on hygiene- probably not much different. Women kept a pile of rags handy that they would wear and wash ( or burn, if they were too soiled). I’ve heard that sometimes they’d wrap the rags around moss or grass to make the rag bundle more absorbant. ( This is where we get the expression, Get Off The Rag.) I read in another book that 18th Century Western Civilization women swore by gin as an aid for cramps, but they insisted it was the medicinal qualities of the juniper berries that solved the problem, and not the high alcohol content of the medicine.😁 In the book “ Alias Grace” ( set in the early 19th century) the protagonist talks about being given a red petticoat, meaning I guess that there was special underwear or even second layer garments laid aside specifically for menstrual use, as backup in case the rags shifted.

[@AbeFrancis]

Kelly Alves that was really helpful, thank you so much!

[@ambermaloof7177]

@@kellyalves756 juniper berries are actually known for helping with bloating and abdominal pain!! But I'm sure the alcohol didn't hurt at all 😜

[@destineetwilight609]

This was clearly researched by a man

[@kellyalves756]

Destinee Twilight ... I’m assuming it was the same person who did the medieval hygiene video. There just weren’t a whole lot of significant innovations after that in the area of feminine hygiene until we hit the 19th century or so.

[@cmck17]

You don’t need 12 minutes to say: “gross”.

[@TheBleepings]

Lmao

[@jeiyxx]

Dead😂

[@globe255]

Colin McKinnon If you lived back then, you would most likely stink yourself.

[@jos3ph.d]

Globe255 Ikr

[@Daniel-hc8rg]

@@globe255 he still does now

[@GemmaJadeYT]

Again I say... SO EXCITED TO HAVE STUMBLED ACROSS THIS CHANNEL!! I love history and this is just so incredibly interesting to me!! Thanks for the great content’b

[@codyecherd8504]

Just think of no toilet paper, no bathing, no shaving, and the smell! Plus, everyone wore lots of clothing for days or weeks at a time.

[@MellieMonroe]

I’ve always wondered how humans didn’t go extinct just thinking about how bad they smelled back in the day lol 😖 I’m surprised they continued to pro create. I can’t even imagine what sex smelled like back then 🤢🤢

[@gracytoyschultz4416]

Probably like a dumpster on a 100 degree day.

[@ahhwe-any7434]

They went down on each too 🤢😁 . 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️. They said in old English, you smell like ass.

[@MellieMonroe]

Ahhw E-Any omg 🤢🤢🤮 I can’t even begin the to imagine the smell like alone the TASTE!!!! 🤮

[@MellieMonroe]

Ahhw E-Any how the hell did the men keep an erection thru that??

[@switchlite44]

Could you imagine eating a bitch out during those days especially off her period

[@spacegoat4018]

Alcohol or opium for toothaches sounds great.

[@shebamaree9026]

The second is better

[@nadacolic7775]

In my country we use rakija(schnapps, i think) for toothache

[@aprilleerose]

Nada Colić it is a great way to relieve pain from toothaches, temporarily of course

[@justapetrolhead9509]

@@nadacolic7775 balkan gang

[@mats7492]

chasing the dragon...

[@TheNYCndn]

Many of my people were killed due to Colonists poor hygiene. In my tribe daily bathing (fully immersed) even in winter was mandatory or you’d be physically punished. All that Euro technology yet no priority for hygiene. Not surprised.

[@CuckHunt]

Done being a lying cretin?

[@Natas_Nico08518]

Narrator: “Many died from Dysentery” Me: Duh, I played Oregon Trail. 🤭🤣

[@cvj2003]

This comment should have way more likes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aaaron4749]

Just imagine how bad it smelled... Our founding fathers were gross.

[@Littlekidlover22]

Aaron Laine I cannot imagine it

[@8bennaboo]

Although if you lived ther,e likelyh you would not have noticed.

[@karenbrown4524]

PU, for sure!

[@waybogus]

If you lived in those times, you'd probably be a lot dirtier than them.

[@garrettallen7427]

pastrychef2201 found the Catholic

[@veilentines]

Please do a video about what life was like for Latin American natives during the Spanish conquest!

[@starlight.genesis]

Funny enough, the natives (at least around the mexica) bathed regularly while the colonizers barely did.

[@LedosKell]

Natives here in the US did too. Plains Indians farther from rivers and lakes had a smoke bath ceremony too if I remember right. They thought the Europeans just didn't care about how they smelled. Though between the English and French, the French apparently smelled worse.

[@lauraeblanco]

Yeah, Portugal fucked up Brazil too. We were doing fine with being naked, taking multiple baths a day and having no body hair.

[@xlReGaRdLeSslx]

@@starlight.genesis Europeans have always bathed and kept clean. Keep your anti white propaganda off of intellectual videos.

[@waltlikker3988]

The conquistadors interrupted the social evisceration, bloodletting, and human sacrifice rituals.

[@debboyea9567]

I am so happy I clicked on this video...the commentary from James Ferris and all the rest are just amazing!!

[@abbym613]

Recently subscribed to your channel and I'm loving the education and facts about things they never discussed in school!

[@bossmoeproduction9884]

Native Americans said they smelled so bad teeth was rotten

[@TheAaronChand]

Native Americans had way better hygiene than whites

[@dmhibb]

🤣🤣🤣 sounds about right.

[@ogsupremelyvida]

Aaron Chand LMFAOO but the offended ppl r gonna run in 😂😭

[@prieltheprune1302]

Aaron Chand and Africans lmao I heard that they said they smelled like raw or rotten chicken and I swear I’m not lying like wtf😂💀

[@SOPHIA-wh6uq]

Aaron Chand be carful but ya know

[@BW-uq7tw]

Anti-Vaxxer: “The good old days.”

[@joeydidlelboker6405]

Taking or giving vaccines is insane

[@nutman2353]

Joey Didlelboker] Lmao, good one!😂

[@littleloner1159]

@@joeydidlelboker6405 why

[@Investigativebean]

Now to build a giant time machine to send them there...

[@chantalfinn6173]

@@Investigativebean right?!

[@tobychew100]

I love this channel. I've always loved learning about history.

[@PandoraKyss]

One of the things that left me shook was where the term 'rat's nest' supposedly originated from. Those tall, glorious hairstyles worn by women were usually fashioned using animal fat as a kind of hair gel and a grain based powder. Some of them were even decorated with real fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The hairstyles, usually a combination of the wearer's real hair and a kind of wig, would sometimes be worn for weeks. Lice was so common that tall, elegantly carved scratchers were used to penetrate into the inches of hair to scratch the scalp. Have any of you ever had a whiff of rancid cooking grease? Ain't even orange flower water in the world to cover that stench. Apparently, when the wig pieces were taken off and set aside, they'd attract mice and rats. I couldn't find any documentation of a woman actually finding a live animal in her hair, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[@nijihime8342]

**Shuts laptop off and gets up** "Excuse me, I have to go and take a shower now."

[@brittybrad]

"women didn't shave" 😂😅 well damn if I'm still living in the past

[@love4soapie]

Shut up

[@onespicysauce6599]

Sophia Landskroner who hurt you

[@love4soapie]

Jake Paul LOL no one it’s just kind of offensive because women don’t have to shave

[@brittybrad]

@@love4soapie how's it offensive when a woman says it

[@brittybrad]

Alittle hair pie never killed anyone before

[@captainwyattoutdoors1636]

This episode was fabulous...thanks!

[@barbaracollins1251]

I really enjoy these videos. I learned a lot. Thanks keep them coming.

[@sayhello5377]

Fun fact: did you know the saying “cleanliness is next to Godliness” is not from the Bible? People always assume it’s a Bible verse, but it isn’t. It is actually a philosophy from the Shakers of Kentucky in the 1800’s, so it came after Colonial America.

[@marks6663]

I would not assume that everyone assumed that. There is no reference anywhere in the bible to the word godliness. That is obviously a puritan expression.

[@AnubisXII]

I was told that the phrase was a marketing stragety thought up by the early mass producers of body soap.

[@beanj580]

There are several scriptures that speak of taking care of your body physically.

[@juliehart1934]

More fun facts?

[@Gapeaches77able]

Mark S There is. It’s all throughout the Bible.

[@finalgeneration1462]

However much I wish I lived in a different time , I have to appreciate the privileges of cleanliness we have nowadays

[@sarah-kt6qv]

same

[@totallyfrozen]

And the internet, right?

[@christopherrivera9827]

Well said

[@CrazyUncleChris]

"Would you have liked living in colonial times?" HE asks as I'm sitting on a toilet with a heated, nicely pressured bidet gently yet effectively showering the dookie off my bum with fresh, clean, hot water only to be followed by a lovely warm blow dryer before the automatic sanitizer system cleans the entire toilet and all the robotics...

[@lewisaino]

I like having soap and shampoo so no thxs.

[@witr.7241]

Tell me you’re rich without telling me

[@kelsey2333]

@@witr.7241 lol

[@feyhanemli1507]

Enjoying the channel very much ty

[@charissecoal]

There are people today that have colonial style hygiene habits 😷

[@susanfurlong2002]

Yes, following a long line of tradition! 😝😝

[@Lioness417]

Lol

[@melancholyrambles]

@Richard Head that's kind of racist, actually. uncool.

[@hedgehogthesonic3181]

Yeah, there are people who lick the end of other people digestive system, like pigs, or dogs.

[@wolfiedabrony1802]

I think I'm going to show this to my children when they decided to not want to take baths

[@christopherrivera9827]

Lmao omg theyll be scarred

[@justinakers3196]

wolfie da brony good luck

[@automnejoy5308]

If you really cared about hygiene then you wouldn't have had kids in the first place.

[@eggheadusa9900]

You can’t have a kid with a dog so you don’t have to worry about it

[@nurimaninsyirahbintirosli5220]

@@automnejoy5308 why?

[@lindanadeau8742]

I love this channel!!! PLEASE.....keep it up

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! What an eye-opening and thought-provoking history!

[@EricCVoice]

The hot showers would be greatly missed but the lack of toilet paper would be awful. Just look at what happened recently when we had a nationwide panic at the possible absence of TP! We now have 10 super rolls (1000 sheets, the King of TP rolls in 2020!)!

[@thenarrator2424]

Toilet papers aren't the best solution, I would recommend installing a bidet to get the maximum cleaning and some toilets even come with drying the wet part as well after using the bidet.

[@arrietty1619]

not me, I could live without toilet paper. I just need soap and water to be able to clean and wash myself. We use bidets in Asia

[@Mr3344555]

Man you would not survive if the first thing you think about is TP. What about your meds, food, lifestyle?

[@LoyaltyQueen]

@@Trafficcoordinator or just wash your ass

[@josehernandezmartinez8719]

@@arrietty1619 Indeed, people of culture...

[@ArceusMaster50]

You should do a video what it was like for the American Indians before Columbus while he was in America and after

[@ArceusMaster50]

B M-Y I don’t care about political correctness I just want a video

[@BeckVMH]

Mr Wolf ... Thank you sir for your insight and perspective.

[@ryanchungus8972]

@Mr Wolf holy fuck based

[@arx754]

@Mr Wolf : Okay, but I would like to see the vote you got that enables you to speak for ALL Native Americans.....Shame on you for lumping all of them together.

[@automnejoy5308]

@B M-Y It's funny that people think "Native American" is somehow more correct. "American" is a European term, after all. It's not like Native people were calling each other American. At least "Indian" evokes "indigenous" -- which is an accurate association. The only problem is that it can be confused with Indians from India, but that almost never happens because you know from context who you're talking about. At the end of the day the correct terms were what different tribes called themselves in their own languages.

[@gingermasse5271]

Love your channel so much! Have learned a lot while laughing a lot at the same time! God bless you always.

[@Fush1234]

This is an excellent channel. One of the better ones

[@NinjaCrosley]

Could you imagine going to the dentist 200 years ago? It’s painful and uncomfortable even today

[@btkganggang8883]

I think it would better to not even have your teeth. I’d get them all pulled back then

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

If you’re regularly in pain at the dentist, you need a new dentist

[@hanbury22]

They should’ve been cleaning more than their hands and faces. I couldn’t have survived a day in colonial times

[@yasminghani2073]

Very interesting information thank you

[@taraking5353]

After watching some of your videos, 2020 doesn't seem so bad. Thank you for the fresh perspective.

[@thetayz72]

Spoiler: Hygiene is hard without good plumbing and convenient products.

[@jeancarlosartist]

TheTayz ...The Nile.

[@pollypurree1834]

Spoiler. Plumbing existed in Ancient Rome and has been around for centuries. What the tape fails to explain is the reason why colonials refused to bathe and never washed their hair except for attending a wedding. Back then, people thought that if water got into the ears, it might go into their brain and kill them. They never went swimming or bathing as a result. Water On The Brain is listed on many old death certificates as the medical reason for the death.

[@estellaruiz3125]

Hard by yourself but with an entire family working towards hygiene. Anything is possible.

[@thetayz72]

Dang if only y'all were there, things would've been different for sure.

[@reidgerholdt6968]

Polly Purree So did Sailors and Privateers just not care? Or was this a more obscure reasoning?

[@codq1329]

When you have to sleep outside to get away from bugs you know you got a problem.

[@exit5276]

LOL

[@elianproductions5128]

Bugs took over the house

[@alexandermarquis6197]

I love this guys voice, and narrating

[@newyorkusa9155]

Damn I'm blessed, living in usa , I'm soo spoiled, showers, food, clothing, not rich, but , normal, thank God, I appreciate everything. !, I'm grateful

[@charlesdavis1879]

Dysentery was common because of bad hygiene. It's amazing we survived as humans.

[@MichaelBarrJr]

How about what hygene was like in Japan/india/china during various periods

[@Rachel57567]

Better than this.

[@jenniferpoland8886]

What was it like??

[@muhammadaliosman7841]

Very Informative and interesting.

[@valeighh3800]

sum ppl don’t realize how good we livin rn .. ‼️💯

[@tjo1976]

6:29 Also powdered wigs became enormously popular for awhile (late 1600's-1700's) mainly because of a syphilis outbreak during a time when there were no antibiotics. Syphilis makes one lose their hair and also causes scalp sores so they used wigs to conceal it. A scented powder was added not only to keep the lice at bay but to try and mask the odor of the open sores. Gross!! Wigs were expensive so the bigger the wig you wore, the more well off you were. Thus the term "big wig".

[@markathompson]

Correction..... George Washington wore the teeth of his slaves --- "George Washington's false teeth were not wooden, as you may have heard. They were actually made from a variety of materials, including human teeth. According to the accounting record in Mount Vernon's Ledger Book B, the teeth may have been pulled from Washington's slaves"

[@GemmaJadeYT]

I’ve always wanted to live during the Renaissance era. Could you do something like “a day in the life of the renaissance teenager”?? Or “a day in the life of a Renaissance family”???? Omg when you started talking about teeth cleaning, when I saw that picture with the pick on the teeth I got chills all over my body. Lol “soap for complexion and toilet” giggle giggle 🤭

[@shimmytimmy274]

Renaissance was not very hygienic either

[@MarvinStoker]

I just discovered this channel , very interesting , thanks

[@jojolover980]

Good hygiene goes a LONG way people. 🛁🧼🧽

[@joyceblackmon1745]

NEVER!!! You can't make me wash!!! 🚫💦 👎 💩❤👍

[@thelivingcactus9348]

Joyce Blackmon I hope you’re sarcastic

[@stantorren4400]

Joyce Blackmon no wonder your doctor thinks you deserve human experimentation

[@dennis-qu7bs]

Yeah, but foul body odour goes even further.

[@joyceblackmon1745]

@@thelivingcactus9348 lol definitely sarcasm

[@brilianairlangga1408]

Do what life was like for mongolian people during mongolian empire era

[@Jonathan-bu7iv]

that's a cool one. Please do!

[@Righteous1ist]

Ikr we never hear about how they ruled and enjoyed their empire on all those lands.

[@DrPlatypus1]

They always knocking down city walls.

[@jacrispy3275]

I know that crime under Mongolian rule was very low. Brutal assholes? Maybe. Knowing how to keep crime low? Yes. I don't know about actual quality of life, though... We know that they raped & murdered as they pleased, so there's that...

[@shrapnellove2224]

They lived the steppe life. They didn't choose the steppe life, the steppe life chose them.

[@Natalie-iz9sm]

I like this channel. I am always learning something new

[@robertoperez4590]

Great content 👌🏾👍🏾

[@brandymoore7191]

I’m such a clean freak that I’d set myself on fire each night to kill all the germs. 😷

[@thevegantitian]

Same here lol

[@drummattk]

Would be interesting to see a video about how restaurants ran back in the colonial period and/or around that time

[@fraudbuster5232]

That would lead to a follow up video of the birth of hepatitus A.

[@kidsspeak]

I love your channel! three videos in? I was hooked, and subscribed!

[@KDSima]

It was a great video. Love this stuff.

[@ashleyviso6070]

"So that the whole thing was a bit of a *ahem* 𝕨𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕔𝕜" I LOST IT🤣🤣

[@Fighterofthenightman_]

Even more respect to all these people I couldn’t imagine living my entire life without the luxury of a hot shower or bath wow

[@raymikado]

Hey, I originally came from a miserable region and an unfortunate country called Lebanon, I am a devoted Weird History subscriber and I follow ALL of your precious informative videos, I would very much appreciated if you collect some information about Lebanon and its capital Beirut. Thanks a million!

[@sharingcaring800]

I'm so great full I live the 21st century and not in the 18th century.

[@colleengreen7829]

I enjoy listening to all the information

[@kersh122010]

I could listen to his voice all day long!

[@ronniebrown2517]

i was born in 1951.....i spent a lot of summers with my mother's parents.....in 58 or 59 a huge festival was held as my grandparents put in a flush toilet, tub, sink INSIDE their house....family members built it all....my grandpa and i would arise and sit in the new indoor toilet which had a gas heater to warm up and get ready for the day.....was a joy to not have to walk to the outhouse which was several hundred feet from the house....get warm indoors, poop and pee indoors, flush indoors, wash face and brush teeth indoors....aahhh, life was good

[@Zero2699ko]

This channel has taught me more about history than school has ever done

[@laffytiffy4730]

Love this channel

[@acsentu8]

Finally! A channel whose narrator has a pleasant voice.

[@annasahlstrom6109]

I would have loved to have known the Founding Fathers and Mothers, but I'm glad to live in the time that I do. I couldn't imagine life without Purell and regular bathing.

[@totallyfrozen]

Anna C. Sahlstrom Plagues on one kind or another were rather common.

[@miriambarnett2782]

Or shaving!!

[@Preservestlandry]

They wouldn't care to meet you. Except to marry you for your inheritance.

[@rosemariecomtois2839]

Learning about the past, makes me very grateful to be alive now.

[@fainties]

I love this History video.... So much knowledge gain

[@AntiHydra747]

Love this guy's voice

[@nicolebrown1927]

I DO TOO. HE'S AWESOME.☺

[@stephenwoodward8818]

He kind of sounds like Stephen Colbert

[@automnejoy5308]

​@@stephenwoodward8818 You're right, he does. He's got that same dry-humor -inflection thing going on.

[@asynjurmidgard]

The more I learn from hygiene during these eras, the more I'm thankful for being born on XX century. Not that we are perfect, we are still learning to wash our hands properly 😏

[@MultiSciGeek]

Can you cover hygiene in other parts of the world too please? Like China, Arabia, India, Aztecs etc. Amazing series btw!

[@m.ccheddarbox874]

I always find myself thinking about how bad ladies of the night must have smelled back than! Lolo random yes.

[@kellydeal72]

Whew!!!!!! Gross!!!!! I’m sure some people thought they were at the local fish market, but were really at a brothel. 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

@@kellydeal72 A 🐟, 🧀 and 💩 market.

[@watchensee]

@@kellydeal72 Yeah and they got that way from men's stinky sardine smelling penises & semen.

[@annasherosky]

So the situation with the soap back in ye old days.was kind of like the episode of SpongeBob where Mr. Krabs made his own soap out of his Burger Patties to save money

[@jacrispy3275]

Or the one where Patrick & Spongebob both have war over cleanliness VS dirtiness. "Wash your hands!" *cannon fire* "NEVER!!!"

[@scottbrock2185]

Isn’t it wild to think that in 300 years, there might be videos (or something more advanced) explaining how we showered in 2020.

[@Christian_Girl120]

I'm eternally grateful that I live with modern day hygiene and plumbing.

[@LilKeezy]

Crazy that there are still people out there in the world that still live like this, I promise I will not take anything for granted again