Weird Medieval Beds

[chainsawsubtlety]

Medieval butchers liked ta get freaky.
Learn something new every day.

[juliusfucik]

When my grandparents were children, they would sleep in box beds; beds inside bed sized holes in the wooden walls. The beds had curtains and doors even.

These times were very hard. Poverty. Cold winters. No money for heating. Large families without privacy.

[sillyone]

Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. I never saw a bedbug until recently.

[timmcquerry]

Depending, of course, on the group state of sobriety, it's Amazing how many people you can fit in a bed.😮

[rjwohlman]

"Slept" 52 people. I that in modern times we call that an orgy.

[nashvilleslim]

That has to be the nastiest smelling human soup.

[TamagoHead]

Beds are a good way to prevent rug burns on your knees. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Traditional Japanese futons are heavy, stuffed with expensive cotton & used to get re-done when worn.

[saucelessbones]

52 people holy shit imagine being that one person in the middle needing to go pee

[westrim]

Was any sausage handled? Any meat pies?

[lunarmodule]

I think "sleep tight" is about mattresses...
Feather ones in winter, straw ones in summer.
The mattress would probably become undone after a while.

[farmer]

the great bed of ware was originally built as a tourist attraction