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Re: why do outhouse doors have quartermoon windows

From: Den
Category: Category 1
Date: 02 Apr 2004
Time: 13:12:52
Remote Name: 65.198.37.153

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I�ve read elsewhere that, back in the days before widespread literacy, the moon was originally a symbol put on the door of the women�s outhouse, with a sunburst reserved for the men�s outhouse. For some reason, the crescent moon stuck in cases where a single outhouse was in use. Probably, this is because it provided a touch more privacy than a full sunburst and was easier to cut out than a full sunburst.


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