Outhouses have been called many things throughout the years. What are some of the names that Outhouses have been called in the past?
I can remember my Grandma saying she was going to visit Aunt Susan (the outhouse) and my Grandpa would say he was going to visit the White House (the outhouse). Here at work we go downstairs to “send a fax to the president”. Here are some other names and descriptions/explanations that people have dropped in the hole! My grandmother called the outhouse the “Garden House.” It was screened from view by a canebreak through which ran a narrow path. Attached to the door of our outhouse is the name plate “Audi” from an Audi Fox. I was listening on the radio yesterday and the hosts of the show were talking about visiting in Maine.. When the plumbing got stopped up they had an out house to use.. The young lady on the show said she would go the the “Chic Sales”.. Asked why she called it that she said she didn’t know why it was called a “Chic Sales”, but that was the term her mother used.. She would go the the Chic Sales. In rural Tennessee, the outhouse was called the “la-la”.. Don’t ask me why.
