Oh boy, this brought some interesting memories. I was moving between a small town (where we had all amenities) and a nearby village (with no running water etc., just as you describe) roughly at the same time. But maybe because I was a kid, I don't remember these things as terrible. With one exception: washing dishes. It was terrible, the fat didn't want to go away, it was taking ages. Also, we were using potties. The content of the potties was used as manure for the plants in the garden (it was very big, so it was never enough).
Since the well was very close to the house, we never had the idea to bathe in the same water. But it took a long time to prepare the bath by mixing the cold and boiling water in the ight proportions, and then carefully washing the soap from the body with water from a separate container. Man, I can't imagine spending that much time on these things now...
Since the well was very close to the house, we never had the idea to bathe in the same water. But it took a long time to prepare the bath by mixing the cold and boiling water in the ight proportions, and then carefully washing the soap from the body with water from a separate container. Man, I can't imagine spending that much time on these things now...