34 thoughts on ““Back in the Day…”: Life and How it was Lived a Hundred Years Ago II

  1. Your blogs are unquestionably the most educational blogs I’ve seen. I absolutely love them and look forward to every instalment. I only wish you were writing 18th century instead of 19th. That’s the time period I write and would LOVE your incredible insight into their way of life!

     
  2. Your blogs are unquestionably the most educational blogs I’ve seen. I absolutely love them and look forward to every instalment. I only wish you were writing 18th century instead of 19th. That’s the time period I write and would LOVE your incredible insight into their way of life!

     
  3. J says:

    A scullion is the male counterpart to a scullery maid. =P

     
  4. J says:

    A scullion is the male counterpart to a scullery maid. =P

     
  5. Lynnette says:

    This was certainly interesting!

     
  6. Lynnette says:

    This was certainly interesting!

     
  7. Christian says:

    who are you?

     
  8. Christian says:

    who are you?

     
  9. I am trying, to no avail it seems, to find out what was used for soap or detergent to wash dishes back in the early 1900’s. I know that bleach and hot water was one thing used in the 1800’s.

     
    • scheong says:

      Back in the old days, they used soda crystals, and soap-jelly (basically hand-soap, shaved, diluted into a paste). Nasty stuff that dries out your hands, but it’s all they had. In the 1930s and 40s, they had stuff like Lux Soap, which made the job more pleasant. But then Lux was used for everything from clothes to dishes, to washing your hair.

       
    • My Infocarolyn fogel says:

      My wonderful nana used to scrub her clothes, iron them,and make bread with tears in her eyes it hurt so bad. She cleaned mopped swept, gardened, had 6 children and looked like it, too. Carole

       
    • My Infocarolyn fogel says:

      My grandmother used the dry soap powder used to wash clothes. She kept it in a glass jar in a cupboard near the sink. It was harsh on the hands.

       
  10. I am trying, to no avail it seems, to find out what was used for soap or detergent to wash dishes back in the early 1900’s. I know that bleach and hot water was one thing used in the 1800’s.

     
    • scheong says:

      Back in the old days, they used soda crystals, and soap-jelly (basically hand-soap, shaved, diluted into a paste). Nasty stuff that dries out your hands, but it’s all they had. In the 1930s and 40s, they had stuff like Lux Soap, which made the job more pleasant. But then Lux was used for everything from clothes to dishes, to washing your hair.

       
    • My Infocarolyn fogel says:

      My wonderful nana used to scrub her clothes, iron them,and make bread with tears in her eyes it hurt so bad. She cleaned mopped swept, gardened, had 6 children and looked like it, too. Carole

       
    • My Infocarolyn fogel says:

      My grandmother used the dry soap powder used to wash clothes. She kept it in a glass jar in a cupboard near the sink. It was harsh on the hands.

       
  11. Carissa says:

    You can definitely see your skills within the work you write.

    The arena hopes for even more passionate writers such
    as you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. All the time follow your heart.

     
  12. Carissa says:

    You can definitely see your skills within the work you write.

    The arena hopes for even more passionate writers such
    as you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. All the time follow your heart.

     
  13. you are smart to know this

     
  14. you are smart to know this

     
  15. I want to know where to find those old iron, used in the old time, so I can show to my kids! Can anybody tell me where to find them?

     
  16. I want to know where to find those old iron, used in the old time, so I can show to my kids! Can anybody tell me where to find them?

     
  17. Mrs. Uma Raman says:

    Very beautiful and interesting

     
  18. Mrs. Uma Raman says:

    Very beautiful and interesting

     
  19. awesome says:

    hey you did great and all that info helped me with my assignment. can you make one about homes/shelter this is the question how did people live during federation? see ya next time and can you make it quick?

     
  20. awesome says:

    hey you did great and all that info helped me with my assignment. can you make one about homes/shelter this is the question how did people live during federation? see ya next time and can you make it quick?

     
  21. rose says:

    do you know why in THE GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST book mentions the need to boil a dress pattern? What is that about? Rose

     
  22. rose says:

    do you know why in THE GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST book mentions the need to boil a dress pattern? What is that about? Rose

     

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