Ever wonder where the tradition of spring cleaning comes from? Did someone invent spring cleaning or did it evolve over time? Ever wonder why with the first hint of springtime we grab our mops and brooms and start furiously cleaning the house? Is any one
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Jewish practice of cleansing the home before Passover, tradition to rid their houses of “chametz”, which are bread crumbs.
Persian new year, when Iranians practice “khooneh tekouni” which is translated to mean “shaking the house.”
Earlier times, peoples’ homes were heated with wood fires, causing ash and soot to cover most of the surfaces in the house. Once it was warm outside, everything could be properly cleaned and aired out.
In Greece,it is traditional to clean the house thoroughly either right before or during the first week of Great Lent, which is referred to as Clean Week