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Yep, country people would simply dig a hole in the ground and cover it in when it got too full, the gentry would, if they thought about it, would have a wooden hut around it or a cesspit to throw the night's "soil" in but the aristocracy would probably have a guarderobe which was like a small cupboard that protruded from the main castle wall. The bottom of the cupboard was open to the wind and weather so it was probably pretty uncomfortable to use in the winter. There were also hooks fastened into the wall of the "cupboard" where their best clothes would be hung because it was believed that bad smells repelled not only insects but disease! Yuch!

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