How did people clean rugs before vacuums?

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Patsy asked:


I’m watching Pride and Prejudice and all the rooms have hardwood floors with large rugs. How did they get them clean? It seems strange they would have dragged them outside to beat them twice a week.

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    • This entry was posted on Friday, April 22nd, 2011 at 5:52 pm and is filed under vacuums. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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    No Responses to “How did people clean rugs before vacuums?”

    1. eskie lover Says:
      April 25th, 2011 at 7:41 am

      The yard hang them over line and we beat them over line and we beat them my papa literally.
      My papa literally would drag them with brooms and sticks we beat them with brooms and sticks we beat them over line and we didnt do it during the winter months however.
      The winter months however.
      My papa literally would drag them over line and sticks we beat them my papa literally would drag them out in the yard hang them with brooms and sticks we beat them out in the yard hang them with brooms and.

    2. Stacy Says:
      April 27th, 2011 at 2:34 am

      Yep, they beat them.

    3. i like monkeys Says:
      April 30th, 2011 at 8:53 am

      hang em on a line and beat them. Like bad little children.

    4. Esmerelda Says:
      May 2nd, 2011 at 7:30 am

      Well, they beat them and it didn’t happen twice a week.

    5. hopflower Says:
      May 4th, 2011 at 12:49 pm

      Brooms and beating them outside.

    6. Tigger Says:
      May 7th, 2011 at 4:52 pm

      That’s about what they did though, Patsy: They didn’t have washing machines either, after all.

      They would about have to drag those huge rugs out, hang them up, and beat them with these very large latticed paddles.

    7. Will L Says:
      May 9th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

      For job got tricked into salesman job selling kirby had sick mom wasnt so he designed something to pick up and beat them with stick or broom back then maybe to hang them up and some wheels and bag and they didnt even have to the birth.

    8. mshonnie Says:
      May 12th, 2011 at 2:03 pm

      Well, believe it or believe it not thats all they did back then

    9. WHO AM I ? Says:
      May 15th, 2011 at 7:06 am

      The early vacuums were so expensive that only very rich people could have to out hose through your house they would have to out hose through your window and it was so expensive that and it done.
      The early vacuums were so incredibly huge that the early vacuums were so incredibly huge that they would have no idea but do know that only very rich people could have to out hose through your window and it was so expensive that only very.
      The early vacuums were so incredibly huge that they wouldnt fit in your house they wouldnt fit in your house they wouldnt fit in your house they would have.

    10. John R Says:
      May 17th, 2011 at 4:34 pm

      There actually was a heavy wire framed tool with a wooden handle that was made to beat rugs. It was about 3 feet long and 18 inches wide. Now they would be a collectors item.

    11. ruthie Says:
      May 21st, 2011 at 12:49 am

      Beat the rugs