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Gardyloo

From these windows, servants in medieval Scotland would often yell “gardyloo”. to warn passers-by of waste from the chamber pots about to be thrown from a window into the street below. Considering that during the day, passersby would then know to step out-of-the-way of the falling debris.  However, considering that the water during those times was not the beverage of…