#an embarrassingly long time. they figured it out. aelfricism commands ritual handwashing before/after meals and after the bathroom. its fin | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

spitblaze · 2 years ago

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I can't find any reliable sources on if 17th-century inns and hotels had individual bathrooms per room or if it was a shared privy/outhouse/chamberpot kinda situation. I kinda assume its the latter but if anyone has any better grasp on it I'd love to know

#spitblaze says things #then again. fantasy fiction.#first flushing toilet was made very late 1500s. these fuckers got magic #maybe they figured it out sooner #then again theres. no plumbing anywhere we can see so maybe not #either way im gonna say that the people of orsterra figured out that bathing is a Good Idea Actually #and apothecaries figured out that things tend to work better when they rub their hands with aqua vitae or water or soap before doing things #i am saying this because i dont particularly feel like wrestling with the real-world misconceptions about hygene that lasted #an embarrassingly long time. they figured it out. aelfricism commands ritual handwashing before/after meals and after the bathroom. its fin #[assigning jewish rituals to fictional religions that have minimal lore so i dont have to deal with the dumb shit christianity did]

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