Sleep tight
Early mattresses were filled with straw and held up with a rope stretched across the bed frame. If the rope was tight, sleep was comfortable. Hence the phrase, "sleep tight."
posted by Seitherin | 1/06/2005 12:06:00 PM 
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1 Comments:
Thank you for solving this bit of mysterium!
And sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite,
Karen
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