tudor & stuart asleep

[To-Ryscum]

Is it true,that in Tudor and Stuart times,people slept sitting up ?

[ichkeria]

Probably. I do it at my desk every afternoon :-)

[jno]

why not just go straight to the Guardian website?

http://www.guardian.c...gers-on-the-touchline

[To-Ryscum]

jno - no need to get smart - it was intended for those who don"t read The G

[jno]

well, I've provided a link to the answers for all of them

[To-Ryscum]

jno - oh very good - well done >:0

[craft1948]

It's always nice to see a 'thank you'................

[Mosaic]

Beds were a bit hammock-like -- ie straw mattress slung on ropes between a wooden frame, then if you could afford it a feather mattress on top. So if you lay flat you'd end up in a ball in the middle of the hammock. To remedy this people seem to have slept by bracing their feet gaist the footrail of the bed and piling pillows behind their backs / heads, so effectively in a zig-zag position. Very good if you have back trouble I'm told.
Jno I know it's tempting, but people wouldn't ask a question if they weren't interested in what others had to say.

[bookbinder]

On one of my visits to Beamish Museum, one of the guides pointed out the cupboard-style beds, (in a farmhouse) which were much shorter than modern beds. She said that people who lived in early Victorian times slept sitting up (which they would have to do in the cupboard beds) because they thought that, if they laid down horizontally, fluid would accumulate in their lungs and cause physical problems.

[cazzz1975]

that is fascinating stuff

[carolegif]

The Bretons also slept standing up. Lots of Brits buy their old second hand beds as children's beds!

[sith123]

no idea...but i know romans ate lying down...does that help :)

[notasyoungasiwas]

romans ate lying down - how does that work ??

[DTCwordfan]

And the Greek men only had sex with themselves - it was the Romans who introduced it to women.....

[jno]

Roman banquet

http://www.marialiber.../banchetto-romani.gif

not great for digestion - they used to trot off and bring it all up every few courses so they'd have room for more.

[Mosaic]

DT, the catholic priests always told us that having sex with yourself was a really wicked thing and sure to take you to hell.

[sith123]

yeah, thanks jno, thats what i meant lol, yeah as for the stuff about men introducing sex...what is that about????

[askyourgran]

Gawd knows how the Greeks got on before the Romans gave them the idea!

[sith123]

ha ha, very funny

[DTCwordfan]

Mosaic -the Catholics weren't around at that time so "banging the bishop" was perfectly ok

[sith123]

thats a nice way of putting it...