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Cold Water, Rare Baths, and Routine — What Colonial America Hygiene Was REALLY Like explores the quiet, often uncomfortable reality of cleanliness in early American daily life. This slow, relaxing narration examines how colonists washed their bodies, cleaned their clothes, managed waste, and coped without modern plumbing, soap, or regular bathing. Hygiene wa ... Show More
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