Were corn cobs used in outhouses?
Were corn cobs used in outhouses? Before toilet paper, families used corn cobs or the Sears and Roebuck catalogue. Before indoor plumbing, the outhouse was also the garbage disposal. People would not only use their outhouse to go to the bathroom, they would throw trash into the hole.
Did Kings wipe their bottoms?
Most medieval kings would have had a problem finding their arses with both hands. They had to have bum wipers so that someone could make sure they had clean hands before they handled food.