Thursday, January 7, 2010

What did people use for washing before soap was invented?

When we were in Sri Lanka last year on a river trip we saw locals washing in the river. The guide told us that they usually rubbed themselves with sand if they did not have any soap.What did people use for washing before soap was invented?
water. sand.





The first soap was invented when people realized that washing their clothes down stream from battlefields(mass graves) worked better.





How they put two and two together i dont know.. but thats the storyWhat did people use for washing before soap was invented?
Water
sometimes they'd mask it with flowers
water
my ancestor used to use one kind of soapy root (soap-root,drumstick)
water and a mangel
a stone

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