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ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-30-2008, 07:53 PM

Big top, far more fun.

My tub of Horlicks has told me that the origin of "sleep tight" comes from Shakespeare's times when apparently mattresses were laid on ropes tied across the bedframe - you'd pull the ropes tighter to make the mattress firmer.

11-30-2008, 07:53 PM	#526
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Big top, far more fun. My tub of Horlicks has told me that the origin of "sleep tight" comes from Shakespeare's times when apparently mattresses were laid on ropes tied across the bedframe - you'd pull the ropes tighter to make the mattress firmer.