tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post1487562679788598618..comments2024-03-26T23:52:29.231-07:00Comments on his story, her story: Sleep tight! Going to bed in Medieval and Tudor England.Amy Licencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872294626668954201noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-3407722765670642902021-03-13T17:07:08.744-08:002021-03-13T17:07:08.744-08:00Actually, this blog post was written four years BE...Actually, this blog post was written four years BEFORE Siobhan O’Shea’s so it might be the other way ‘round. <br />Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02866290961649114688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-28486384881252456592020-10-04T02:46:31.176-07:002020-10-04T02:46:31.176-07:00Do you know that a lot of this blog post appears t...Do you know that a lot of this blog post appears to have been later plagiarized by one Siobhan O'Shea here: https://www.interesly.com/history-of-bed-in-medieval-and-early-modern-times/?fbclid=IwAR3sAofEctWfNR1Pt2LWR_McbmH9uh505qVOcx8hJlvRLfYc_Jeah6nOLZUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-9470447317590800942020-07-31T07:51:36.149-07:002020-07-31T07:51:36.149-07:00Fabulous post, love it!Fabulous post, love it!Chantal Bourgonjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16626149501052950885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-84069226623346905712020-05-16T07:43:24.008-07:002020-05-16T07:43:24.008-07:00Do you have sources for any of this?Do you have sources for any of this?t0mm0https://www.blogger.com/profile/02552243585269552470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-59918646091650293312018-10-01T01:39:34.193-07:002018-10-01T01:39:34.193-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-89995691094856174682018-05-26T01:19:59.172-07:002018-05-26T01:19:59.172-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825993791502318651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-27612116286360819702018-03-05T08:14:39.977-08:002018-03-05T08:14:39.977-08:00Curious as to where Jamie Furballs urinates from t...Curious as to where Jamie Furballs urinates from then, because according to his logic, women have the same problem ‘facilitating’ men. Anyway, love your blog Amy, absolutely fascinating.Matildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009747452138876073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-28357095154105796032017-11-15T04:32:06.615-08:002017-11-15T04:32:06.615-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Naveen Chauhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17248942193537788661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-60233706242018518342017-04-24T05:04:27.116-07:002017-04-24T05:04:27.116-07:00Thanks for the information and link you shared thi...Thanks for the information and link you shared this is so useful and quite informative!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://goo.gl/r9Zbnd" rel="nofollow">goose down pillows amazon</a>umerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037921866835123440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-83358160128140465022017-04-06T00:55:58.438-07:002017-04-06T00:55:58.438-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486531624125459426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-11906265771062700492017-03-01T05:55:48.520-08:002017-03-01T05:55:48.520-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.stephanie williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16822207043229270852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-66999294947612545272016-05-04T14:31:13.911-07:002016-05-04T14:31:13.911-07:00Hi Amy,
I found the emails from June 2005. Another...Hi Amy,<br />I found the emails from June 2005. Another 20C one to join the two fingered salute!<br />-----<br />The OED has a slightly different use on record in 1898: 'She had been so tight asleep'. But the conventional formula 'good night, sleep tight' is recorded only from 1933 - which is much too late for strung bedsteads, I think.<br /><br />Margot Charlton<br />OED<br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: Peter Barnett [mailto:hrw@historyreenactment.org.uk]<br />Sent: 13 June 2005 00:57<br />To: CHARLTON, Margot<br />Subject: Re: ETIQUETTE, ETC.<br /><br />Thanks for that. If this meaning of tight came over in late 16C, is it known when the phrase "sleep tight" started?<br /><br />In message <619C58CB037FE048815C45E6EC86E33A04BAC8CE@exc11.uk.oup.com>,<br />"CHARLTON, Margot" writes > >Thank you for your enquiry, which has been forwarded to me at Ask >Oxford.<br /> ><br /> >The full 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary exists to answer questions >such as 'when did the word etiquette arrive in the English language?'<br /> >The answer is that it was adopted from French in the mid-eighteenth >century. The OED is available online, but only to subscribers; if you >would like to see an electronic version of its entry for etiquette, >please let me know.<br /> ><br /> >As for sleep tight, the story you mention is what is known as a folk >etymology - ingenious, but untrue. The adverb tight/tightly has been >in use since the late sixteenth century in the sense 'soundly, >properly, well', and the expression sleep tight is one of the few >remaining uses of this sense of the word.<br /> ><br /> >Margot Charlton<br /> >Ask Oxford<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766037071442488585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-88373376211487554782016-04-17T05:03:44.632-07:002016-04-17T05:03:44.632-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925117945367163085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-54154573620076230542016-04-11T10:02:39.753-07:002016-04-11T10:02:39.753-07:00Hi Amy, we were just in the process of buying some...Hi Amy, we were just in the process of buying some ticking for some 1640's palliasses, when our clothing historian has just got back to us saying the stripes are much later. Do you have any references for it in the Tudor/ Stuart periods please?<br />ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766037071442488585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-67908440961318075642016-04-11T09:35:25.600-07:002016-04-11T09:35:25.600-07:00Hi Amy,
I'm a member of the History Re-enactme...Hi Amy,<br />I'm a member of the History Re-enactment Workshop and we have a double rope bed, which coincidentally have had erected in the Pendean farmhouse at the Weald and Downland Museum. The secret is keeping the ropes tight, but also a rush mat placed across the ropes, before the palliasse is placed on top. We also used to explain the phrase 'sleep tight' with regards to the ropes, until it came up in conversation with the Oxford Dictionary. They have no example of the phrase being used till well after the rope bed has disappeared. I can dig out the response they gave me if you wish, but it must be buried in emails from many years ago. They say it is purely from the an alternative meaning of 'tight', being 'sound.'<br />http://www.historyreenactment.org.uk/headstone.html shows a picture of our bed.<br />Cheers Peter Barnett<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766037071442488585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-61140266298887145432016-01-15T13:50:15.536-08:002016-01-15T13:50:15.536-08:00I mean lower class, the upper classes were German ...I mean lower class, the upper classes were German barons obviously. They didn't have trouble to find what to sleep on, in their palaces!kurbadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469609231111263231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-24743357130697179832016-01-15T13:47:49.794-08:002016-01-15T13:47:49.794-08:00In Latvian mythology a straw bag was a last resort...In Latvian mythology a straw bag was a last resort to sleep on - for somebody who didn't have anything else. I guess mediaeval Latvians lived better than English :-)kurbadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469609231111263231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-32980772235555488962016-01-15T13:40:39.846-08:002016-01-15T13:40:39.846-08:00Sleep tight, get ready for a flee fight!Sleep tight, get ready for a flee fight!kurbadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469609231111263231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-24073159182202020792015-11-12T01:30:47.221-08:002015-11-12T01:30:47.221-08:00I'd be trampled if all sites gave articles lik...I'd be trampled if all sites gave articles like these awesome articles. <a href="http://solpartnerspr.com/sol-partners/" rel="nofollow">Businessman Mark Curry</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00536647169868657088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-1129055565335779912015-10-31T02:09:42.382-07:002015-10-31T02:09:42.382-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.mayazoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424160001444581838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-73672372395752628992015-10-16T05:10:14.200-07:002015-10-16T05:10:14.200-07:00I'm leaving that comment up as it's so hil...I'm leaving that comment up as it's so hilariously random.Amy Licencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872294626668954201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-25246707908474119842015-10-16T03:17:16.305-07:002015-10-16T03:17:16.305-07:00Note to women: being coddled in sheets that smell ...Note to women: being coddled in sheets that smell of urine, or having it on your face, pretty much replicates the sensation that we men experience as we bury out faces between your thighs to make sure you enjoy your time in bed with us. We've learned to deal with, you would too.Jamie Furballsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-77873322431281796262015-09-21T11:40:11.957-07:002015-09-21T11:40:11.957-07:00what did they wear
what did they wear<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-90699690905431848712015-09-17T02:46:29.595-07:002015-09-17T02:46:29.595-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.historypakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429820414620086221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033960139420817450.post-21291896760251507612015-08-26T04:43:21.555-07:002015-08-26T04:43:21.555-07:00Thank you for an excellent article. Thank you for an excellent article. Joanna Vadenbringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251154242659672785noreply@blogger.com