Along with a lot of the colonies hygiene wasn’t on the top of their priority list. The water used for washing had to be used for more than one person. Most people that brushed their teeth, took a bath, washed their hair was done on special occasions or once every couple of weeks. Unlike today’s society taking care of their personal hygiene wasn’t something done a regular basis.
As parents we are concerned with how our childrens appear to the public but back in the early colonies parents’ concerns were more on making the food, trading goods and bossing the servants than taking care of their childrens personal appearance. Mothers were more focused on the fathers work and making sure the father was taken care of than the children and the children having clean hair, clean teeth or bodies.
From my research people back then didn’t take good care of their personal hygiene and smelling bad was something that was normal as everyone smelt the same way.
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