Laundry Day as it was in 1820 |Exhausting| Historic Chores
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The next time I’m feeling too lazy to fold my basket of laundry, I’ll just watch this.
I know that’s right! 🤣
Chiar așa...😂
How that working for you? I’m commenting just in case you got laundry. IT COULD BE WORSE 😂😂
Right oh man - wonder if you had several kids 🫣😊line em up to wash in the cloths 😂
Right😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ironing wasn’t just to make the pretty or easy to fold. A good hot iron also kills lice and their eggs, bed bugs and eggs, fleas and eggs…it was a form of pest control. Everything got ironed.
Always wonder why they ironed everything. I thought it was crazy and now I know.
Wow. Yuck.
All the clothing would be natural fibres, very wrinkly. My grandmother never owned a dryer preferring to line dry. She ironed everything to bring some softness back to the fabric. Line drying makes fabric stiff.
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I never knew that. Thank you
At 72 years young, I am SO happy to see you teaching the Colonial life! Super videos! I had taught Colonial crafts for decades, and a book that I highly recommend for you and your readers is "Singing Wheels" by Alice and Jerry (school books). Predates the Dick and Jane books. It's an authentic children's book on Colonial living.
I still hang my laundry out outside in the summer and indoors during the winters. Grow cotton/spin/weave. Heat/cook on a wood burning stove and live off of the land/garden/dry fruits and veggies. It's so nice to just watch someone else do this while my old body sits in my old rocker. Thank you so much. Vicki
You make it sound like you're 90 years old. 72 is a young senior!
That stained white shirt from her husband never got white after scrubbing it with soap and brush and dipping it in whatever “laundry bluer” is. I feel like either she is missing a step/doing something wrong, or people wore stained white shirts all the time back then?
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Her heart's in the right place but the technique is completely off, she needs to throw more muscle in, open up the garments rather than scrunch them along with a few other techniques like agitating properly.
The laundry bluer is supposed to be just for garments that are aging to freshen up their whiteness.
Yes I've had to do this myself before.
@@rustyhowe3907
So they didn’t really have a stain remover back then it sounds like, huh? I don’t know what I’d do without bleach for my whites!
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Oh they had plenty of stain removing agents, some of which you saw here with the milk and urine all the way down to using your green lawn to sun bleach, of course there were other reagents depending upon what stain you had depends what reagent you used, and they even had some items for bleaching whites and others to brighten colours.
The whole laundry routine of history was a fascinating process.
In my younger years, every Saturday morning was my laundry time. We had a wooden "arteza" (container) where I put the soaked clothes in soap (bar of soap) I had a piece of flat wood and a scrub to make sure all the clothes was scrubbed. In another container I had clean water to rinse the clothes. Then I had to hang the clothes, outside, in the bar to dry. Then I had to iron each piece of clothes and put it away. The iron she used it it is the same one we used in the country., and I have it as an antique. Lots of memories...
Back when I was a teen (mid-90's to early 2000s), I used to do my laundry almost like this. We're poor so we can't really afford a washing machine then. Although our water doesn't have to be fetched from a river and came straight from a faucet, I had to brush, scrub and beat the clothes (using a wooden flat bat, just smaller than the one that Justine used in the video) with my bare hands, rinse it and hang it on a clothes line to dry. So after washing baskets of dirty laundry, my hands and the back of my fingers are red and raw from all the scrubbing, and just touching the water makes it sting like hell. Then to save up on the electricity bill, my family used to use the same iron with hot coals inside, which are so heavy and can also burn your clothes if you put too much coals, so we have to be careful. Now in the 2020's, almost all common Filipinos (I'm from the Philippines, by the way) can now afford washing machines and modern flat irons, so doing laundry is a lot easier. Although there are still some very poor families who can't afford one and still do the old school way of washing clothes. I just thought I'd share, since I can mostly relate to how hard it is to do laundry this way. 😊
Kudos to Justine and Ron for all the hard work they are willing to do for this channel. I'm looking forward to more of your videos. Greetings from Manila, Philippines. 👋😊
I enjoyed your comment. I’m glad things are better.
Ganyan din po mama at lola ko
More or less the same when I was a kid. And the iron left a memorable memory for me. Back when I was in junior high school, I still used that iron, which was memorable when the power line went out, my school friends' clothes were wrinkled, while my clothes were neat and slick. That's because I still use a charcoal iron that doesn't need electricity. :D
I was stationery in supic bay back in 91 and I know what your talking about..I'd tell people what it was like their.
jeans were the worst so heavy denim material and cord pants; ugh a lot of us did that or still do it today especially with prices going sky high. lovely story and enjoyed the share. cheers happy washing hopefully in a machine nowadays.
Like everything else from back then, a lot of hard work. From sun up to sun down, just for survival. History fascinates me so much and I'm really grateful for your content.
Yes a lot of hard work which my mother says is why her mother (born in late 1800s) said they had certain days for certain chores like Monday was wash day and Tuesday was bread baking and so on.
@@noneofbizorjuliejt6466 that makes good sense!
I’m grateful for being born in the 21st century lmao
I ❤️ this channel. I’m guessing rain and winter would’ve complicated the work. Frankly, every time I see the fire being used, I wonder about hot days in there. Not sure what was the “bluing” substance. The iron was SO cool, if you will. And I’m not sure what the go to option would be without the big stump to clean on.
I study the history of Western Civilization with emphasis on America. It’s my hope that younger generations will look to the past, if only for maintaining healthy humility and gratitude. Thanks 🙏🏻
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My great-grandmother (Maw Maw, as we called her) and her family used to wash people's laundry to make a living in 1910s-1930s southern Arkansas. Everything you've done is this video is exactly how she described the process--the only difference is that her family had a washboard. She told us how she and her sisters used to stand on stacked rags when ironing because their feet would hurt from standing so long. Thank you for sharing this bit of history with us! I love y'all's channel.
Such people were called "washerwomen." Stephen King uses the term in his story "Gray Matter."
10:32 the chicken watching her do laundry is so cute 😂
I wondered how people weren’t bored years ago , so I can imagine their days went by quick to them from being busy . They had so much more work to do in their chores. We have it easy and faster now a days. This is lovely to watch
Yep. Idle hands are the devil’s handiwork. Even when they weren’t busy, they were too scared to be bored lol.
Machines saved our time & so we had nothing to do & got bored & radio, TV & video games were invented. Now the time is oppositely being eaten up by these leisure products through fb & insta
why all woman would do laundry together
Not sure if we have it as easy as we think we do....
Compared to the amount of physical labor involved we have it extremely easy and things get done much faster!! Also for the men in the family as well. No need to work killer hours upon hours in their crop fields to provide the food for their family. Or to hunt down deer or other large game to provide meat. Also they had to work hard to clean the game and preserve some for later use!!#WHEW!😥
When my mom was growing up in rural mexico in the 60s she used to wash laundry like this, fetching water from a creek and doing it all by hand. She is a big fan of her washing machine now
This is what I do even now yet am a university graduate.
I am Mexican and I still do it like this and also everyone I know.
@@hannvazquez9992 I am Mexican; as well, but I have never washed clothes like that! I use a washing machine and dryer. Thank God for modern technology!
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O înțeleg perfect...și mama mea spala la mâna pentru 4 copii...săracele de ele...
I need to hear more from the chickens. I love that little burbling sound they usually make when you’re outside with them. I had no idea chickens sounded so cute.
Hello Lainey
How are you doing today?
I also love the chicken sounds. I found videos on u tube that have chicken sounds. I like to play them while I am cooking or cleaning in the kitchen.
I can't imagine how harsh all the chores were on the body and hands. When I start to complain about all the laundry, I hope to be more grateful at the way I get to do it. Great channel!
Be gratefull, a lot of people on my country (Cuba) they still do this in every place outside of Habana
Many years ago I got a degree in history and its focus was on politics, wars and the ruling classes of the day. However I was always more interested in the lifestyle, struggles and concerns of the average person. I cant thank you enough for your content, its really wonderful.
Hello
Same!
Exactly you have history books with chapter dedicated to men who ruled throughout history. Women children and the working class would be under a generalized chapter. Shame
I also love learning about history, all aspects of it. Especially how they lived, how different daily tasks were, socializing and so on. I really enjoy learning about other cultures as well.
That was always my area of interest as well. I'm thinking anthropology and (ethical) archeology might suit me better.
In my grandma’s diary, it speaks of doing laundry, in the 1930s and 1940s. Even with a washing machine and wringer it was hard. The washer was outside and she carried water to it, washed the clothes then used the wringer to squeeze out the water. She had to reach into the cold water, even in the dead of winter, put the clothes in the wringer and her hands almost froze. Then hanging the clothes up, sometimes outdoors and sometimes indoors. The clothes would freeze. She would bring them in and then, the next day was ironing day. She did all of that while cooking meals on a wood cook stove and cleaning the home. They were certainly workers back then. I love her diaries.
Wow your so lucky to have them.
You should publish them.
There was a really old man that lived in my town that did his laundry very similar to this. He would hang his clothes on a line outside and spary them with a hose. That man, also had only one vehicle he bought in his entire life. It was a 1939 Ford. I guess in thise days a person could get away with having only one vehicle in a life time because they were built much better in those days!
I remember in the early 50's my mom having a round electric washer with a wringer over the top. It was in the basement, next to the two large concrete tubs that were used before she got the washer. In the winter, she would hang laundry up in the full basement. In the summer, she would hang it out back behind the house. I was only 5-6 at the time and remember cranking the wringer for my mom. A lot of hard work. It wasn't until the mid 60's that she got a modern washer and dryer.
I would love to read diaries like this. It's the reason why I love Janette Oke's novels. I was just reading one today sent in this time period
This makes me so thankful for modern day conveniences! My great grandmother probably did laundry like this...and she had 13 children! Can't imagine the work load!
Am a young university graduate yet I do it this way. Yet to secure a job so that my life can change to the better. Still praying and doing my part.
@@EdnaTwara1 praying isn’t going to get you a job. Work on writing a great, eye-catching resume that really sells your strong qualities. Get out there and follow up on interviews and applications. Take a temporary part time job if you need to. All of these things will get you farther than praying.
@@EdnaTwara1 All the best , but wahing clothes is like doing exercises, I also do in this way.God bless you , keep praying.
@@dewilew2137 Sure thanks.
@@AnjaliD-nb7cr Amen and thanks
I'm from Fiji islands 🇫🇯 And even though my country is slowly developing. In almost every household here, we do have washing machines but we still prefer to handwash and dry our clothes outside. Hot sunny days are the best for sunning our beddings, traditional mats and carpets and many things outside....we sun them on roofs too😂. We literally love to make use of both sunny and rainy days. Blessing upon blessings 🙏🏽✨️
Pe bune? Să ai mașina de spălat rufe și sa nu o folosești...e absurd...tehnologia e făcută să ne ajute dar nouă ne place să ne chinuim...fiecare cu plăcerea lui😄
My mom remembers the days when my grandma had to wash laundry by hand. She told me that smaller pieces would be washed immediately as they went dirty. For larger pieces like linen and towels there was a laundry day like once a month. On that day the only thing that was done was doing the laundry. There was neither time nor physical energy to do anything else. Richer families would hire women to do their laundry or all the women of the family (in my country it was not unusual for the extended family to live together in a big family house) would do the laundry together. I'm from Turkey BTW.
Same here when I was little..
And yet they were likely happier then we are now. So many people here (in the US); scrambling about with little time, except for work. And many jobs have no form of physical exercise.
Many lucky people here🥰. Thanks to technology advancement.
In my country Uganda 🇺🇬-Africa, almost 95% of the population still hand wash. Am 21yrs but I have been hand washing all my life and it feels normal though tiresome.
Being used to it, l even do it faster.
@@janetnatumanya same here ooh and same age. Except I'm from Cameroon. It's even quite common in "wealthy" homes😊
It's normal to wash laundry by hand. Not every people on earth has washing machine. 😄
I'm 39 now and remember my grandma in Russia, Siberia doing a similar chore and I was helping her. Her washing machine broke down often and she would basically boil linens, use this type of soap, rub the clothes against a reliefed metal board in a wooden frame, then rince and squeeze the water out with her hands. I told my mom and she was upset that grandma didn't complain and just went back in time 😅 to what she knew best and what would not let her down. "As long as my hands work and I got a piece of soap, there is no problem."
The fabric of clothes got ruined quick with time though .
A new machine was purchased for her.. But she still would wash small items by hand! ✋️ And I did too along with her!😅👍
Bless your grandmother ❤️
Вы не поверите,но в конце 80-х я в России застала и деревянный дом и топила печь и носила воду коромыслом и полоскала белье в проруби и мыла детей в тазике, стирала подгузники,т к памперсов не было.
@@grape196
Да, да, верю ! Моё детство прошло в 90ых. Каждое лето у бабушки в деревни носили воду ключевую с колодца, но правда в бедонах без коромысла. Тоже печь топили. Тоже мыли ноги в тазике, стирали на руках, но благо вода из ручья подавалась насосом.
Ay q hueva lavar así la ropa
Because hand washed fabrics tend to last longer than machine washed one, in terms of strength and colors. We have washing machine in our house but we still do it by hand, we just use the machine for the drying process, because my mom want our clothes to be as good as new always. I think your granny same as my mom, once you get used to the hand washing, it's irreplaceable with machine
I just came across this channel and I love it! Back then it was a very hard way of life...but looking at the surroundings it was peaceful..no TV no cell phones or computers all in touch with nature and your surroundings and of course your hard work..I truly appreciate this channel thank you! I will continue following you.
This is the most unique channel ever. From the historic perspective of washday to the humble plea by the rabbit with the deep voice at the end.
There is deep beauty to the simple sounds of wet clothes being pressed or falling water or a scrub brush being applied while birds sing. A quiet, honest life.
You can have a quiet honest city life too and likewise the countryside is annoying and noisy.
Yeah, it was satisfying and calming to watch.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984
What countryside do you know of that is annoying and noisy??
And nothing about city life is quiet lmfao.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465True unless one lives in a remote area of the city around woods city life is stressful and noisy and we often miss seeing the beauty of life living in the city
@@teaonrainyday888
Yeah - I could only hack living in West LA for a year, and then I moved right back to the burbs and preferred to do the long commute to the city for work. I still remember when I got back to the suburbs how much I loved hearing the crickets at night again and just HOW quiet it was. It was so much more peaceful and I could relax and hear myself think again.
The only city that I think I could have possibly enjoyed living in for longer than a year would have been London - but only _BEFORE_ mass immigration began. I visited there on a couple different vacations and stayed with friends…
The area they lived in was on the Thames river and not noisy, and it was close enough in walking distance to the Tube (their subway system) that made getting around the city super easy and convenient, unlike the traffic that I would face simply going to the grocery store in West LA.. There also wasn’t traffic going from their place to the grocery store if one needed to drive a car there to buy a ton of stuff. They had a great location in the city, but I’m fully aware that there would be tons of places in the same city that I wouldn’t have been able to hack the noise, traffic, etc (probably the majority of the city, tbh).
Nowadays though - eff London. It’s changed waaayyy too much in the last decade +, because of what I mentioned earlier. I wouldn’t even feel safe there now, nor even feel like I’m in England!
I'm pretty sure after watching this, many will never complain about washing clothes in this day and age!!
Hii
I do. You can still have it hard
I have to do similar because this apartment is small for any machine to fit. Its hard work
But this is even more
This how we wash in Africa Uganda. Check some of my videos n see how we live currently. Very happy
This is my lifestyle here in Kenya.
This is fascinating! Also calming to watch. After years of fighting with a modern washing machine that constantly had circuit glitches and other problems, we reached the point in becoming more and more electricity-free on our homestead where we just took the leap and let go of the blasted "devil washer" (as we had dubbed it) and embraced manual laundry. We have galvanized tubs on a rolling table that my husband built with a wringer mounted to be shared between the tubs. I use a combination of a "dolly washer" (looks almost like a metal toilet plunger) and a wash board, then everything is hung on an outdoor clothesline. If the weather isn't right for using the line, then we have both indoor floor racks and pulley-mount racks that lower from the ceiling and hang over the nice warm cast iron stove. It took some getting used to, but once you get into a routine and really learn how to use your equipment, it becomes second nature. Unexpected side bonus...our clothes are actually cleaner!! If you set your mind to things like this, it really can be done.
Very nice, sometimes I wash my own clothes too, it's very satisfying and feels better that throwing it in the washer
This makes me appreciate electricity and our washer and dryer more.
Watched while I sat down folding the millionth load of laundry today. I am thankful I have a washer and dryer and just need to push buttons and fold/put away. We live in a very good time!
Yeah I bet our kids will be pressing yet another button to fold it lol
@@EvgeniyaJZ I dream of that day haha.
@@EvgeniyaJZ they have those folding tools! Not electronic or anything but super handy and keeps everything neat
I have an old washer with the power wringer on top that I bought for tanning buckskins. While it has an electric motor underneath, the fittings are still the for a small gasoline engine. My wife has never asked me to swap out our modern washer for this one.
@@craftingontheporchwithbill cool!
When I was little I use to visit my granny in Mississippi, she lived in a small house in the woods, no inside plumbing. we did laundry on her back porch, thank God the river was close to the house we washed with a wringer washer(not the electric kind). I am 56yrs old, I still remember the things she taught me so when we have no electric or things are tough I can still make do. I have taught my kids the same things she had taught me. I have (as a single mom) had to was clothes in the bath tub because we had no money to go to the laundry mat but my kids had clean clothes. I am so grateful for your content even though it is from the past some people may need those skills for now days.
Resilience is what is needed in any day and time, and we have our fore- Mothers and Fathers to thank for that set of skills.
I'm only 30 years old and I'd like to say the old generations, They had an integrity and experience from those old days That made the world better. I look at the brats that are coming out of schools and thank "God, This world is going to pot." I have more friends among the elderly 😂
@@graceclark3481 "Going to pot." 😅🤣😂
@@graceclark3481 “better”
@@cleo1819 not better, its worse
@@margarettickle9659 You laugh, but I'm dead serious. Nothing funny about it. This new generation is lost. I'd rather be part of the old generation.
I have lived and worked at many off-grid Alaska mineral exploration camps where we did laundry in a similar fashion. However we had the simple wooden wash boards. Our warm/hot water came from old 16 inch steel flume pipes we found, filled with cold water and let the sun heat it up. Occasionally, I still do my laundry at my off-grid cabin in Alaska in this simple manner - I just use the orange Home Depot buckets. Its not that hard.....and i enjoy not depending on society that much.
Yeah, I made the "brilliant" decision to do this a few years back when our washer was on the fritz. It was fun for about three minutes.
These back breaking chores are so dreary. A laundry "day" was a whole day if not longer. So happy for innovation.
@@iWantToBelieve... Can't agree more with you 100 percent
@@iWantToBelieve... I agree with you there E L but humans have now become so accustomed to their creature comforts of habit and conveniences that it might now even be chaotic for many of them to have to go without them now.
It makes we understand that having women take care of the house wasn't just some patriarchy thing to keep women down. It was an absolute necessity, its an full time job.
@Sarah Hodgins I believe the blue part may be because at the time instead of bleach they used what we call "bleaching indigo" to whiten their clothes. It give water this beautiful blue color.
@@iWantToBelieve... how have humans become less creative? If back then people spent a whole day doing one repetitive task that's not 1 hour, now people have more time to do other stuff
Laundry would be a once a month chore if it was that difficult! Every time period has their problems, but there’s just something so calming about just worrying about laundry for a day. Problems were one day at a time back then. Not so fast paced as now.
When I was in the army I spent several years stationed in South Korea. This is way back in the late 80's. It was common to come across large groups of women washing their clothes along the banks of smaller shallow rivers. This activity took place outside of the cities. Mostly in the rural areas. Kind felt like stepping back in time.
I am an American woman in my early 40's and I have been washing clothes by hand for 2 years.
I started to do this at first because our washing machine broke. We couldn't afford a new one. Now I choose to do it because I don't want to waste my money on another new washing machine that just breaks after 2 1/2 to 3 years later. I have peace of mind that I don't have to worry about another luxury appliance breaking again! Plus my family and I like to be self-sufficient. It does not feel like work anymore I actually enjoy it.
Washing clothes by hand at first was hard, and time consuming it took me about 45 minutes to do the laundry. My back, neck and arms would ache. Over time I got in better physical shape by doing push ups. Now doing laundry does not hurt anymore. Plus I am faster at it too. It normally takes 15-20 minutes to do the laundry.
I wash my family's clothes in our bathtub everyday. I use very hot water and about 1 cup of white distilled vinegar for the cleaning. I fill the bathtub up until all the clothes are covered with water and let the clothes soak for at least 30 minutes. After that I take all the clothes and put them to one side. I take one piece of clothing and rub the fabric together evenly in the water. I turn the fabric around and repeat the same action. Once I have done this to all the clothes I drain out the water. I put all the clothes to the side and take one piece of clothing at a time and wring out each one. I wring out the clothes by taking the clothing and folding it in half I place my hands at the end of the fabric I turn my hands the opposite direction I repeat this action as I move my hands up the fabric a little at a time until I have reached the end of the fabric. I then unfold the fabric and wring out the clothes again the same way I described earlier. I repeat this with all the other clothes. (If I have clothes that are brand new or are very dirty I will wash them separately.) I place the clothes in a laundry basket, I clean out the tub with vinegar wipe the tub dry and dry the floor.
I place a drying rack in the bathtub and hang the clothes on it. I usually need two drying racks to hang up all my clothes. After an hour sometimes two hours I can move the drying rack out of the bathtub because the clothes would be done dripping at the point and we can use the bathtub to bathe in when needed. Once we are done bathing we place the drying racks back in the tub until the next day. I usually have the clothes hanging up to dry around 12:00-1:00 pm and take them off the drying racks the next day around 7:00 am. Eventually we will be able to line dry outside and the clothes will dry much faster.
Good Night! That sounds like way way too dang much work! I say spend the money on a washing machine!! The time it will save you and of course the labor is so Worth it!!! Never would I voluntarily wash laundry by damn hand! Especially NOT an entire households laundry! ONLY if I had No other way of washing, with NO way of getting a washing machine!!!
Certainly makes one thankful for modern convenience! Thank you for all of your hard work!
In 4022 if world exists ,our future generations will also say the same because at that time everything will be Martian technology !!!😂😂
Thank God! I don't even like camping anymore. Too much work!
@PJ PachasaJr probably listening to her favorite podcast while doing her chores! Ha ha, good catch!
❤ We grandkids, all girls, did laundry like this at our grandmother’s until she got a manual wringer washer. There were lots of tools for the job: various beaters, pounders, stirrers, brushes, buckets, pails, etc. I loved laundry day - everything about it, even ironing. We often made little dolls out of the wooden laundry pegs and fashioned clothes for them out of the worn out textiles and odd buttons. After the day-long chore working in cold water, our hands were red and chapped and we had what we called “chilblains.” For laundry “delicates” she used grated soap and to this day I love the scents wafting while I grated the bars of soap - I still have the graters. It was such a labor-intense job that Monday was strictly leftover day for meals - using the remains of Sunday’s dinner. At lunchtime we had picnics of boiled eggs and pickles while sitting under the flapping drying laundry, with the clotheslines propped up high over us using long notched poles. Fun times despite the hard work and the occasional wasp found caught in the freshly dried clothes when folding to stow away. ❤
I love seeing how these antiques are used. Thank you guys for your research and dedication to early pioneer American living.
Even though this was 200yrs ago, in some parts of the country and the world ppl were still doing this into mid 20th century. Seeing her carry those pails of water made me think of my great grandmother. My grandfather (her eldest son) told me she went into labour as she was trying to carry a pail of water. This was 1928. Unfortunately she died giving birth.
In some parts of the island and some homes, indoor plumbing wasn’t available yet.
My parents were born on farming towns in the 1950s, and I think clothes washing was just like this.
They may have had a pump tapped into the water line, but it was not inside the home. Thankfully they were in the Caribbean 😅
Be grateful for safe conveniences. When we turn on the tap and safe water comes out… underrated advancement!
So interesting! I can't even imagine how miserable it must have been doing laundry in the winter!
Probably did it in the house and as little as possible.
Things were probably washed out in the house and hung near the fire,just the dirtiest things,such as undies ,socks and baby diapers. One First LAdy way back hung her laundry in an unused room,she was using her noggin.
Same way to heat water, but you wash and hang it to dry indoors.
And with half a dozen kids clothes and nappies to wash too!
@@lindagardener855 oh yeah they had lots of kids so imagine hand washing all of their soiled clothes after they crawl, roll, play everywhere...
Love your channel! My interest in history is on how everyday people lived. Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and all the thought and planning that goes into your channel.❤
Ufffff.... nada más con verla, ya me cansé. De verdad que ese era trabajo duro. Mis respetos para todos nuestros antepasados que no la tuvieron nada fácil. Y mi reconocimiento para los creadores de este contenido, no solo por recrear todo con fidelidad, sino por su trabajo de investigación para hacerlo lo más real posible. ¡Felicidades!!
1977 rual parts of Mexico I witness women spending the day at the river with laundry. They washed on large rocks, rinsed and gather their laundry carry it back to their home to line dry. Usual a middle child would accompany the mother while another child would tend to the house chores. Father and sons would be out in the fields all day long and if it was a large family the parents would bring their children along to help.
My family visited often...beautiful memories
There's many people in the world that still do this! I for one! Extremely brutal
Well, my family is from a rural area in Mexico and in the early 90s they still worked like this, I saw it many times, the iron they used was different than the one you see here it was thinner and you had to heat it up many times just for one shirt. They didn't have power grid connection, but they had some solar panels connect to a car battery, since the amount of energy they could use was very limited it was only used in the night, and sometimes they would still use candles.
I saw that in Costa Rica in 2005.
That's how my great grandparents did it in Mexico and Texas as well.
In Honduras we still do laundry like that.
It is interesting to see how it was done back then. This makes me appreciate the modern inventions much more. They save a lot of time! I can't imagine doing our laundry this way after getting them done via machines for decades now. We do hang them for sun-drying though.
I had to do this in the bathtub when our washer quit a few years ago.
The content is beautiful and a lot, I like it very much
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I spent twenty years as a Civil War re-enactor doing a military laundress impression, and hauled my water from streams too! I had the big cast iron cauldron as well as a copper boiler. But preferred the cauldron even though it was more work.At the end of the weekend I always wanted to kiss my washer and dryer when I got home!
I live in rural Brazil. Their washers often sit on their verandas along side a double sink. I had a ten person family to wash clothes for and one week my washer broke down. I used that double sink in much the same way she used those buckets. Although, I had running water. I can totally understand why they had less clothes back then and washed them less! I am so thankful for a washer!
One of the things I like best is the absence of dialogue/chatter. It just seems so much more authentic. Keep it up!
My Grandmother did laundry like this on the farm in 1915.
They hand pumped the water, heated it in the yard fire pit, washed the clothes, using a washtub and washboard. Hand rinsed the clothes & hung them on a line. Mending & Ironing was done on Tuesday with a sad irons heated on a wood burning stove, the two irons being traded off from the stove to keep one hot continually. Wednesday was for scrubbing the floor & baking the second batch of the week bread and cookies, or pie. Thursday’s was for another household task along with sewing. Fridays for shopping or cleaning or fixing things. Saturday was a big day of cleaning, dusting, baking of bread, mild sweets etc., churning butter, Cleaning kerosene lamps, making candles or soap. Then Sundays were for church, Sunday noon dinner, visiting, resting…& of course milking was daily, twice a day, separating the milk and storing it in the underground ice house, or in milk cans set in water. I know this well as my family were doing all this when I came into the world in 1944. My first baths were in a wash pan, later in a tub pulled out onto the kitchen floor on Saturday night. The large moveable oval tub was filled with hand pumped water, heated on the woodburning stove. Our light was candles or more usually kerosene lamps. We lived a different life with simple ways and practical tasks. We didn’t have outlandish ideas about anything. The earth was beautiful, clean aired and good. The quiet was usually broken by birdsong or calling cattle or animals or family chatter and laughter. This would be in the 1940’s for me..1948 in Wisconsin in particular.
It must have been nice. I kind of envious of this comment but in a good way 💙💚
Yes..indeed we did the same in Montana.. I was always sick and cold to the bone.. And hungry.. Bad memories.. And ruff life.. Surprised I lived thru it.
Just imagine.
Amazing. Wholesome, healthy, God fearing. Best way to live.
Why did this comment make me so sad 🥺 we can never go back
That moment at 8:59 - that silence and the wind blowing...so peaceful and relaxing!
Back in 2012, I was a very poor college student and only could do the laundry in my small bathroom faucet or for larger clothes I used the shower space. I had a special rock or a piece of wood to scrub, but still, that itchy feeling after washing my clothes remained for days! Also, soap was very expensive for me so I only used it in specific areas, I even mixed it with sodium bicarbonate. Ahhh, now I have the facilities at home and, as absurd as it sounds, I feel so grateful for doing the laundry haha This video was such a trip down memory lane.
I've done laundry by hand packing the water from the stream.i had a half 55 gallon barrel with a steel rack i would build a fire outside , than place big restaurant size kettles to heat water. Hand scrub ,roll the clothes, rinse clothes, than hanging them on the solar clothes line,and using a flat cast iron, that was heated on the woodstove. Fyi..wash white clothes 1st,than use that water to wash dark clothes.
I remember doing this after leaving my ex husband. I didn't have a washer nor the money to wash at the laundromat so I did what I have seen my Grandmother do many times. You can buy bars of laundry soap, they are usually in the International aisle at the store. I didn't keep the clothes all wadded up though. I made sure to pull them out when rinsing to get all the soap out. I enjoyed this video. Thank you for making it.
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You are not telling the truth. Why would you do this? Do you have a time machine?
@@Michelle-pn9xt Ok "Michelle" you do not know me nor have you ever lived a life like mine so how would you know? You could wash your clothes the same way. You don't need a time machine. How else did this woman make this video? Michelle go back to your sheltered life. I think you are lying, how about that?
@@Michelle-pn9xt Im confused. Are you trolling, or just dense? OP clearly stated the reason why they washed clothes by hand. Its not unusual in this day and time either. Ive had to do it myself, I live pay check to pay check, and I dont have a car, so getting to the laundromat can be a struggle. Its more labour intensive, true, but at least your clothes are clean 😂
Washing clothes by hand is very common in other countries. To this day some of us still do it.
I experienced both forms of washing in my country when I was young. The washboard when helping mom wash the baby diapers and at the river washing linens with a paddle. I remember complaining my butt hurt from sitting on the hard rock and all the ladies laughed. I was in my tweens when I experienced all this and even though at the time I wasn't too happy, I am thankful for the experience. It builds strength of character. I admit I was happy to be back to the comforts of plumbing and a washing machine.
Thank you so much for sharing this! My youngest daughter and I were reading one of the American girl Kirsten books and it was talking about them doing laundry in the pioneer days. As I was trying to explain to her what they were doing and why, I thought it'd just be easier if she could see it for herself...this was PERFECT ❤
Wow, what a gem of CZcams right here; I cannot believe I did not find this channel sooner. Always have been fascinated with the traditions societies used to keep before modernizing and globalizing. You both are doing such a service to the world by showcasing for the public the long forgotten, salt of the earth American culture. In an age surrounded by so much noise in the media, it's so refreshing and delightful to view such genuinely unique and informative content.
Watching this makes me appreciate my washer/dryer, but it also makes me realize that even though this is set in the 1820’s we still do the same things everyday although much differently! Thanks for sharing, love your videos!!
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You are not doing any of this.
I cringe thinking of those clothes they wore in the 16 and 1700s. How in the name of God did they clean them?? And considering the lack of proper hygiene back then...Jesus Christ!
@@beverlyledbetter4906 very true, watching this make me appreciate my washer and dryer even more!
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My mother didn't have a watching machine till we were 15 years old and had to pay a lady to watch our clothe. When times economically got very hard she had to do it. At thirteen I remember watching all the family clothes.
We did it different. We use a huge wooden water container in a shape like a boat, on top there was a wooden board that we use to scrub our clothe. The watching was done with earm water but the rinse with cold water. I remember we had what tt was called the laundru room. After watching and rinsing we put the cloyhe on a metal line with this clippers so the clothe wouldnt fall. I'm a baby boom from the mid sisties and even at thst time life was very hard , especially if you were a woman. Now a days everything for women and men is so much better! .
My father told me about how his mother used to wash clothes in the 1930s in Queens, NYC. The process was similar to what you show: heating the water in a tub, simmering the clothes in the soapy water, agitating the clothes with a dolly, scrubbing especially dirty clothes, rinsing the clothes, squeezing the water from the clothes with a wringer/mangle, and hanging them to dry. Then spending the next day ironing them. It was grueling work.
This is so quiet and peaceful totally genuine and slow pace yet getting all done a little bit at a time.
I love watching your videos. Seeing how simple people lived back then gives me so much comfort. I had the opportunity to live a similar lifestyle at my grandparents ranch. It’s actually quite freeing to live by nature only.
Agree!
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Seems to me that living by nature is how we were meant to be.
No it’s not
4:51 Found my husband mesmerized by the primitive washing techniques.
I have a couple of antique books on home management with extensive laundry directions. Detailing how to clean everything from wool to waterproof canvas, how to make soap, to how to remove stains from each type of fabric (kerosene was used as a stain remover), and “blueing” tips. No wonder washing day had it’s own “day”.
Feeling nostalgic. I remember following my Aunts to the riverside. Carrying clothes tied in a bundle, we'd go the riverside in the forest to wash clothes. Also, as a child in the 1990s I would carry water on my shoulders and fill three/four water drums before my parents woke up twice a week. Even today, I hand-wash clothes though there's a washing machine which uses too much water and doesn't clean clothes as nicely as our good old hands do. However, skin gets peeled and blisters form on hands if the laundry is a big one.
This is a heartwarming channel. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for the beautiful content. Subscribed. ❤️
My great grandparents grew during the Great Depression and they refused to get a modern washing machine. Even when they were given one they would make us great grandkids use a washboard and bin to do laundry. I thought that was brutal.
Justine I might have to try doing laundry the old fashion way like what you’re doing. It beats doing CrossFit and going to the gym
I had to wash my clothes by hand for almost 2 weeks and I was practically crying like Cinderella. Horrible job for a woman. I have a lot of respect for those who still wash, clean, raise many kids, etc. Hard job.
😆😂🤣 yes, it’s very hard to wash clothes and wring them out by hand. I honestly, don’t know how women stood it back then: then having to prepare supper then wash dishes omg I don’t think they had a moment of time for theirselves plus being a wife in other ways. Wow! Too much.
@@thetruequeen6747 I think once the ole wringer-washing machine was invented that it vastly improved the lives of women. I can still recall my oldest sister and my mom washing clothes on our front porch using that contraption. This was when I was very young, around 4 years old. After that we moved to New Orleans and was introduced to laundromats!!😁 btw the wringer part of the washing machine was fascinating to me! And one of my sister's a few years older than me, keep playing around with it and got her arm stuck in it!!
#OUCH!!!!😱
If I had to wash clothes by hand I would drastically reduce how many clothes I wear per week. Never mind the smells. I'm thinking two every day dresses per week to alternate and air out in between wearings and one nice dress for Sunday or special occasions. That would be about 6 dresses total + seasonal adjustments, counting on the clothes taking a week to air dry when it's colder. That sounds doable.
@@erikabutterfly I hear ya, and Agree!!😉 *Drastically Reduce* are Key Words here!!!😜
We had two of those irons in the 40's. One was on the wood stove getting hot when the other one was in use. When the one in use got too cold to iron anymore, we dropped it on the kitchen wood stove, removed the handle and attached it to the already hot iron. It was tricky to iron when you didn't know the heat temperature. That was obvious by the scorch marks usually near the hem at the bottom of a dress .
A few things in this video, I can remember as a little girl: we had a clothes line to hang up wet washing’s we had a black cast iron pot where my mother would soak or sterilize the clothes and bed sheets and it always had a fire 🔥 going underneath it. She would smack the laundry to get most water out then wring them. But she had a rub board and big bar of lye soap to wash clothes. Even though work and life was hard, people was healthier and happier back then than nowadays.
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I like that sterilizing clothes with boiling water.
“Healthier”
@@TheRealNoahF yeah, it’s true.
@@beef4899 Right…
When I was small, I read Little House book series written by Laura Ingalls wilder (An American Author who was born in 1867). Your vedios show how they spent their simple lives full of hard work and it takes me to Laura's life.
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OMG I LOVED those books!!!! Farmer Boy was my favorite. I agree the way the daily activities are described is really interesting.
My Grandmother always said that the good ole days were now as it was hard work in the old days.
I love this! And so appreciate the quiet that this life is meant to have for us and in our souls.
I’m so relaxed. This could qualify was an ASMR video. I’m so thankful for washing machines!❤️from Phoenix, Az
Es muy diferente haora , saludos desde República Dominicana
What’s “ASMR”?
I'll never complain about having to do the laundry again. I wish I could subscribe twice just for Sir Alfred Fig's sake 🐰❤️
That hen is taking notes on how to do laundry! LoL! I love chickens, they're so nosy.
Kind of reminds me of wash day in boot camp in the 70's. water, bristle brush , scrub, rinse , repeat! The only difference was that the water came from a hose and we used liquid detergent. it worked, but it was time consuming.
This was so great especially Sir Alfred at the end haha! Ron, you need to get Justine a rain barrel to collect water for her washing so,she dosnt have to schlep to the stream
Oh, gosh, yes!! Agreed!
Post what you found.
@@keithhughes8010 oooooo post link!
Yeah, the notion of us providing carrots to a stuffed cloth rabbit named Sir Alfred is funny.
Oh sir Alfred you are so sweet. I hope you get another 🥕 🥕 🥕 🥕 today 😉
Your content is absolutely great! If things go to hell in a handbasket in this country, at least those us who watched your fabulous videos will be a little bit ahead of the curve. Thanks very much for all you do.
Exactly what I was thinking!
I love the sound of that stream. That water looks so fresh and cold. You have incredible balance, Justine, to carry those buckets while stepping on those stones.
That was amazing to watch. I love washing clothes on an old wringer washer and nothing better than to hang them on the line. We are very Blessed that’s for sure, having to carry water, heat it, and beat, scrub, and wring by hand, goodness no wonder they waited a whole month to do laundry. Thank you for all your hard work! Your amazing!
I will never complain about doing laundry again after watching all the work that went into it back in the day😊
Seriously, we have nothing to complain about in this day and age, every household chore is so much easier than it was back then. I have two loads of laundry to do today and won't grumble at all after seeing this video. 😉
My friend had a running stream behind her house. To sleep there was so restful, as the sounds of the stream were soothing. I have an Amish wood stove, and dry my laundry in the house in winter; still hang it on the line in the summer. I also once had a wringer washer in the 80’s, washing the diapers, and hanging them out. More work, but money-saving. 😶🌫️
Even using an old wringer-washing machine is Tons easier and faster than washing dirty clothes by frigging Hand!! Yes, I said TONS Easier and Faster!😉😜
Gosh, as a mum of two who chose to partly use fabric reusable diapers I feel so lucky when I think of what a hard life women had in the past. The only part of this I still do this same way is the outdoor air drying. I often visit the shared village laundry facility where my grandma would do the laundry by hand during early to mid 1900s. Clean water is still running from the mountain streams through the stone basins, but there is nobody there tolling. A spiritual experience to me.
Just so grateful to have been born in this era. Knowing myself I would most def not have made it...too much work and hard work.
So much hard work all the time! It was even more important back then to have excellent health, strong muscles, a good appetite, and a good attitude towards life. I watched the hens wandering around you and you working so hard, and I thought, "Those hens had it easy by comparison!"
My Mom used a hand-cranked wringer washer, a washboard and a clothesline back in the late 1950's and early 1960's - and it was still hard work, especially since she had four kids by then - and lots of cloth diapers and bedsheets to wash, too. I just don't know how those pioneer women with families did it.
They died young.. Most did not live past 50 or 60.. If lucky.. And medical and hospital was not seen unless your were really hurt or sick..!
@@CFL641 the life span back then was longer than it is today , my grandmas mom and dad live to be 88 89 . Just like most did back then
@@CFL641 My grandmother and grandfather died past 80. Our 7th prime minister is 90+ years old but he doesn't look like one that much because he was a doctor before indulging into politics. He is practising a very healthy lifestyle indeed and still alive today. I believed there are many with the same age out there somewhere and we've heard about people who lived past 90.
Yay, thank you for showing us historic chores. Would love to see more!
Ditto
I saw a diary from my great grandmother which she wrote as a young mother in 1871-1873 in a Midwest U.S.A. city. Detailed doing the wash. Made a fire in the yard with the iron kettles on. Well water obtained and put into the kettles. Lye soap used to scrub the main filth and dirt off children's diapers and clothing. Adult clothes and bedding that was washable got scrubbed in a different pot than the filthy diapers. Then cooked a bit in the hot water as a first rinse then into the cold bucket to be finally rinsed. Then through the mangle roller to squeeze the clothes dry. Then hang on the clothes line to final dry. The last step was starching and ironing with a heavy made of iron and heated in the fire, iron to get the wrinkles out of the clothes. Took most of a day. Intensive hard work and she only had 2 children and her husband back when the diary was written - had 5 in all with some born a bit later on.
I found this interesting as my great grandmother worked as a laundress in the early 1900s after my great grandfather was killed in a coal mine.
Wow! That would have been hard. My great- Gran was a seamstress after her hubby died but there were just two kids to raise. Still hard enough.
I know. Women didn't have too many choices back then
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It's interesting to know that that's how laundry was done back and even more interesting that that's what is done in my area presently, I'm from Mbengwi, north west region, Cameroon. That's in Africa. It's almost the same thing, the only difference is that we use plastic buckets, detergent and carry water directly from a tap just beside the house, even though some people still go to the stream to wash dresses. We use the charcoal iron too, especially when electricity goes off.
Even Uganda Africa
As a fellow reenactor can I just say that your videos are wonderful?
And to others that may be wondering, this method of life and hard work is so rewarding.
You go to bed feeling like you have accomplished something and you get actual rest.
My mother used to wash our clothes like this. Thank you for been a brave woman, wherever you are.
Well, I’ll be cow-kicked. I’m only at “fetching water” and I needed to pause to wipe a tear of gratitude for my indoor plumbing 🚰
Truly an eye-opener. That iron is indeed heavy. How many things in the modern world do we take for granted. Thank you for sharing such great content.
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Thank you.
What most people don't know is, that the same principle that was used back then to push the dirt out of fabric by dropping on a rock or using the bat, is also what makes front load washers work. And people think what we have today is so modern because it's "high efficiency". Everything old is new again.
PS please take good care of your hands.
I have done some minor experimentation of my own. I have done my clothes manually in a double sink without soap, just cool water. I found that once the clothes can be soaked for 5 minutes, squeezed out, and hung to dry, and the process is quite tolerable and the clothes get surprisingly clean (as evidenced by the dirty water left behind).
I strongly suspect that our ancestors were acutely aware of how long it took to clean clothes and only washed their inner garments 1/week or so. One shift/under tunic per person per week is not that bad! I suspect they tried to keep their clothes out of the mud and dirt whenever possible.
Upon experimentation I found that when wearing a double layer of clothes, a inner layer of clothes next to the skin it absorbs the oil/grease from your skin, and the outer layer does not get dirty. I think it helps that my outer layer was wool which is anti-microbial...
Humans are lazy today and no doubt they were lazy in the past. They must have found a way to be smart with their clothes to reduce the work load to a manageable level.
I wash all my clothes by hand. Use a plunger type device called a breathing mobile washer and a washboard and a 30 gallon plastic barrel. Repaired a 16 gallon cast iron wash pot and use it to heat water. Eventually bought a Wiseman wringer. Been doing this for ten years. In my mid60s now and the hand wringing causes the arthritis to act up some when I would wring out the clothes. It is hard work, but my clothes are very clean hanging on the clothesline to dry in the Mississippi sun.
Wow! The things we take for granted these days. You did an outstanding job Justine . Sir Alfred was my favorite part. Love it!!
Watching you do laundry is so peaceful. Hard work but worth the reward
These videos are so educational and somehow very relaxing... luv these!
When I was young when the dry season came, we usually washed clothes in the river and then dried them in the rice fields near the river
This video made me think of my fourth great-grandparents, who were Tennessee pioneers. They were married for sixteen years, and she was expecting their ninth child when he died. I cannot imagine the work involved in laundering just the baby diapers! Oy! ❤️
PS: Loved the ending.
thank god for birth control
Just remember that back then people didn't have the wardrobe we do today. Usually only one to two sets of everyday/working clothes and 1 set of Sunday best. Still if you've got 9 or 10 kids that's a lot of clothes. But the children all had chores from a very early age.
I've heard stories about washing those cloth baby diapers.
I love this channel!! You do such an amazing portrayal of life like we have never known. Thank you so much!
It's not a new thing in India, my country. We bought our washing machine last year. Before that , I or my maid used to do the laundry like this. Actually manual laundry is more or less same everywhere i think. But ya, I don't have to bring water from river. It's tap water I used. My mom used a bat like thing to wash the white, stained clothes.
She first boiled the white clothes , bedsheets etc in water mixed with laundry soap and soda. She turned the clothes time to time. After the clothes are a little cold, she used the bat to clean them. Then she pounded the clothes one by one , pouring cold water slowly on them. Then came rinsing till all the soapy water goes away. After that, she dipped the white ones in blue mixed water. That time powdered blue was available. She also m8xed a white powder in the blue water called Tinopal. It made white clothes more white. Then she hanged them in clothes line under the sun.
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@@alfredleo5128 Hi
When I was younger my sister and I would stay over night at our grandmas house. It was so fun mowing her yard with the old time mower. I loved watching her wash clothes. She had an old washer with a ringer you had to be careful with buttons. She’d use bluing to wash her white uniforms for work.
My great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, myself, and my sisters still will handwash. Good bar of laundry soap, brush, board, and elbow grease still works.
p.s. Still hang 95% of the laundry.
Yes! It’s a whole lot cheaper that way!
A good bar of laundry soap does wonders at removing stains too
Are you serious!? Did i misunderstand or you all handwash your laundry?
@@gugurama9777 she may not be in USA. In third world countries people still do this
@@gugurama9777 well, we don’t hand wash laundry, I’m just saying it seems like it’s cheaper that way.
I’ve been trying to “figure out” how you live behind the camera, and I think I’ve figured it out. You couldn’t have chickens if you didn’t actually live here or somewhere close by so I’m gonna guess that you live on a large property which allows you to do things like this, and include the livestock in your videos. I think this cabin was built especially for us on CZcams which, for one, is amazing, and two, makes me guess this is on your property and you have a main house (or “the big house” as they used to call it) for your day to day. I can only hope you two stay in here sometimes overnight. What an amazing place to camp.
I’ve been trying to figure that out as well cuz ain’t no way she could really live this full time In this day an age. A home with no security systems or even proper locks in the woods not safe! But if your assumption is correct she deserve every award and accolade CZcams offers!!
Don't question the multiverse!
It is built on Ron's land.
@@ashleybosvik3031 ah ok
@@ashleybosvik3031 we know… I’m saying how they live beyond that. Lol.