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Good protein sourceUgh... A bowl of large ant's eggs...
Some of those sound like cruel and unusual punishments.10 Horrifying Historical Hygiene Practices
- Using Corn Cobs or a Farmers’ Almanac as Toilet Paper
- Scraping Your Rear End With Pottery Shards
- Using Ostrich Eggs or Porridge as Deodorant
- Making Perfume Out of Cow and Sheep Fat
- Cleaning Your Teeth With Burnt Ox Hooves
- Using Mouthwash Made of Pee and Goat Milk
- Washing Clothes With Urine
- Drinking Pee and Storing Farts In Jars to Ward Off the Plague
- Drinking Cheese Whey to Get Rid of Lice
- Douching With Lysol