What did the ladies used for personal hygene back in the 1500's?
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Pads made of wadded up rags, or fabric stuffed with absorbent dry moss, tied to a belt - a bit like your granny's sanitary belt.
Some also used wadded rags as tampons.
I have always wondered that myself. I suspect whatever it was that the 1500's were very smelly.
I believe they used rags and old pieces of cloth. Hence the term 'ragging'.
Some cultures used leaves.
Rags, mainly. And sea sponges for menstrual use have been around since ancient times. You can still buy them today.
although she's not from the 1500's, my 88 yo grandmother said "now you know where the term "on the rag" came from"..
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