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General Category => Fun Stuff => Topic started by: Alsatian on January 14, 2019, 02:49:26 PM
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Following on from Intersting facts #2
Houses with straw roofs, there was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.
This posed a real problem in the bedroom, where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed.
Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That's how canopy beds came into existence.