| Cleanliness and Neatness.

Our Filipino ancestors were cleanand

neat in their personal habits. They bathed daily. Their favorite hour
for bathing in the river was at sunset when they had finished their
daily toil.

They washed their hair regularly with gogo and water. They
anointed it with coconut oil and other lotions. They washed their
mouths and cleaned their teeth upon waking upin the morning. They
filed their teeth to make them even. They chewed buyo which made
their teeth colored but strong.

‘They kept their homes clean. According to the Jesuit historian,

Father Francisco Colin: “They keep a vessel full of water at the door of
every house, and every person, whether belonging to the house or
not, upon entering, takes water from this vessel and washes his feet,
especially during the rainy seasons.”