Do Amish people take showers

Answer 1

Oh, dude, you're asking the real hard-hitting questions here. Technically, most Amish communities don't have modern amenities like electricity or running water, so they typically don't take showers in the traditional sense. But hey, they do stay clean by using things like washbasins and outhouses, so they're not walking around smelling like a barnyard.

Answer 2

Actually, although Amish people dress differently from most ordinary Americans, there is no difference in how they bathe. Amish families have bath-tubs, and they would remove their clothes the same as anyone else; they would also use soap to clean themselves; and at other times, Amish people do wash their hands. But what is different from the norms of American life is that many Amish believe it is only necessary to bathe once a week, usually on a Saturday evening, in preparation for Sunday church services. While that may sound strange to many Americans today, a hundred years ago, only bathing once a week was quite common.

Answer 3

A wood-burning range has the operator shove small chunks of wood in one end, and has a water tank at the other end. If the water tank is at the left and the firebox is at the right, one would fry breakfast at a low temperature in the left end, and fry supper at the right end where the temperature is much higher.

But most Amish use modern gas appliances with tanks of LP gas.

Rural America didn't get wired for electricity until the late 1930s, with the government's Rural Electric Administration. It was the early 1950s before many farmers had water heaters, bathtubs, and hot water plumbed to a washing machine. When I was little, the family took baths in the kitchen, in a large washtub, one after another using the same soapy water. As the water level (and temperature) dropped, a large steam kettle was used to add hot water to the tub.

You don't need electric motors to have hot and cold running water. You can elevate water with a windmill or a gas engine to fill a tank in the attic, or capture rain water (much softer water than well water) to an elevated cistern, and gravity will provide water pressure. It's a pain, compared to just turning a valve and getting water from the city, but it's workable. The Amish don't connect to water, sewer, electric or gas lines. It means they are thoughtful stewards of God's planet, although they express that sentiment in somewhat different terms.

Answer 4

Showers are uncommon in most Amish communities. Baths are preferred and they are usually only taken on a weekly basis. Most Amish people do not have hot running water in their homes.

Answer 5

Yes. In the case of well water, the pump is powered by air pressure from the same diesel ingine that powers the milking machines.

Answer 6

Yes, all have out houses, and place to wash hands inside.

More modern Amish with more liberal Ordnung, have indoor Plumbing, and their bathrooms look like anyone Else's.

Answer 7

Some do, and some don't. Same as any other group of people.

Answer 8

No.

They do not wear deodorants or perfumes, though.

Answer 9

I heard that the amish familys use the same bath water to bathe, is this true?

Answer 10

Yes