Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
People Would Dump Their Waste in Moats

Usually, the sight of a castle is breathtaking, and the moat surrounding it appears to be a small serene, and beautiful lake. But there's a secret that most people don't know. The moats that surrounded castles weren't just filled with water. It was common practice to dump human waste into the water, effectively turning it into a sewer. This resulted in foul-smelling moats you would want to avoid at all costs.

There was no proper drainage and sewer system during Medieval times, so the moats acted as one. Servants would even dump food and trash into them.