Privy: Within this privy or outhouse, there are 3 holes or "toilets" that served as the bathroom for everyone in the household, which included up to 30 people. According to Fox family lore, black widow spiders commonly lurked about in the privy, and adults would often shoo them away with a corncob before children could use the bathroom. What do you think people would have done if they had to go to the bathroom at night or when it was raining? What might people possibly use for a "toilet" in their home?

Photo courtesy of Lexington County Museum