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Robert Walton wrote:

> We had the option to "wash-up" some days and not bathe. You just
> washed your face and arms and maybe under the arms in the sink with a
> wash cloth. Saturday night was the big bath time, because of church on
> Sunday.
>
> My grandfather (b 1906) ''washed up" most nights and then bathed on
> Saturday night.


Shoot, I'm only 45 and we took "spit baths" or sponge baths as a kid, 
especially in the winter.  You washed up every night and bathed once a 
week or so.  In the summer, depending on what was happening, we tended 
to bathe a lot more, but I recall washing my feet in the tub before bed, 
and that would mean that I wasn't taking a full bath or shower every day.

B

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