# How The Heck Did The VICTORIANS Clean Their Houses?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323 "2003-12-11T08:42:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323/21 "2003-12-12T04:38:41Z")
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> \*Originally posted by DaisyFace \*
> \*\*All of which is true enough, ccwater but 1500’s is hardly Victorian and I’m sure the upper crust would cetainly have argued that they’d come a long way since then. \*\*
For that matter, pretty much nothing in there is actually true – I suspect the thing was originally written as humor, and got passed off as history later on. It’s entirely folk etymology though.
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323/22 "2003-12-12T07:00:36Z")
I think Snopes debunked it, too.
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### Author:  [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323/23 "2003-12-12T07:14:52Z")
Ok, my apologies for said previous post. It was a spam I got a long time ago. I should have prefaced the post with - “For amusement purposes only”.
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### Author:  [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323/24 "2003-12-12T07:33:28Z")
That would have saved some of us from a bit of grumbling and gnashing of teeth, **ccwaterback**. 🙂
Incidentally, I have often wondered why “Victorian” is used as an adjective in the U.S., and, for all I know, in Canada too. My point being merely that in the U.S., well, there was no need to pay attention to queen Vicky, was there. No matter, just a vague wonder.
At least this thread should encourage me to stop being lazy and bother to clean my small non-Victorian flat with electric vacuum cleaner, and “count my blessings” _etc_ 🙂
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### Author:  [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-heck-did-the-victorians-clean-their-houses/218323/25 "2003-12-12T07:36:59Z")
Here’s is the snope’s equivalent where they dissect and discredit in their typical arrogant fashion.
[http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.htm](http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.htm)
(Sorry about the hijack, I have started a “snopes” thread in the IMHO forum.)
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