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Date Posted: 17:30:20 10/18/02 Fri
Author: Ann
Subject: Re: Bathtubs
In reply to: Cindy C 's message, "Re: Bathtubs" on 15:40:28 10/18/02 Fri

I think they did take baths once a week, but I think they "sponge" bathed every day, so there was not as much, uh, buildup. As for their hair, maybe because they washed it only once a month is the reason brushing hair used to be such a big deal. A hundred strokes a night. It was probably one way of keeping it clean. I comb through my hair, but I never brush it. But of course it's easy for me to wash it twice a week.
I read once that Queen Elizabeth I said that she took a bath once a month "needed or not." :D

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Re: Bathtubs -- Cindy C, 23:57:03 10/18/02 Fri

I am laughing about the Queen Elizabeth 1 statement! :O) I also had a thought, that I think it is true that if one doesn't wash their hair regularly, their hair grows faster. Something about the natural hair oils? Didn't most of the women back then have long hair?

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[> [> [> [> Re: Bathtubs -- Ann, 12:03:28 10/19/02 Sat

I think it would have taken a real "rebel" to cut her hair. Ma even tsk-tsked when Laura cut bangs into her hair. Don't know if not washing it makes it grow faster, maybe it just feels that way, lol.

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