Other people thought that a person should take a bath once a year and before a special occasion. They went to the well for the water. They certainly did not drink this water.
When a perons bathed they would stand in a tub of warm water by the fireplace. Their mother would pour the water on them.
Their soap was soft and jelly-like and it was homemade.
Rich people could use hard, good smelling soap from England.
