http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/ where the curious come to play! Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-87051 Sherry Sat, 04 Nov 2017 09:51:09 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-87051 My family have experienced the old time way or you can say the good old days. They had a mattress made of cotton and they called it a tick. Over a period of time the cotton started getting infested with bed bugs. This allowed them to know when it's time to replace their mattress. My family have experienced the old time way or you can say the good old days.
They had a mattress made of cotton and they called it a tick. Over a period of time the cotton started getting infested with bed bugs. This allowed them to know when it’s time to replace their mattress.

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-86879 Deanna Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:36:36 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-86879 Maybe sleep tight is just safely tucking someone into bed As a parent does Maybe sleep tight is just safely tucking someone into bed
As a parent does

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-86835 Malcolm Fri, 31 Mar 2017 01:01:28 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-86835 It's from the nederlandse 'slaap zacht', meaning sweet dreams or sleep gently. Welterusten! Slaap lekker. It’s from the nederlandse ‘slaap zacht’, meaning sweet dreams or sleep gently. Welterusten! Slaap lekker.

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-65064 Nick Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:08:51 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-65064 Could it be that a drunken sleep is easy to accomplish and therefor the termanolgy for drunken sleep may be .....sleep tight . tight being another word for drunkeness Could it be that a drunken sleep is easy to accomplish and therefor the termanolgy for drunken sleep may be …..sleep tight . tight being another word for drunkeness

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-65045 shelley penner Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:30:36 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-65045 While 'water tight' and 'air tight' might mean to not let something leak in, it also means not to let the contents of a container escape or leak out, so sleep tight could mean, don't let sleep escape you. While ‘water tight’ and ‘air tight’ might mean to not let something leak in, it also means not to let the contents of a container escape or leak out, so sleep tight could mean, don’t let sleep escape you.

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-3514 Lior Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:06:38 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-3514 Good point. I guess if the expression was "wake-tight" it would make more sense. Good point. I guess if the expression was “wake-tight” it would make more sense.

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-3509 Brent Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:50:34 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-3509 However the last explanation doesn't seem right cuz if we follow the logic, sleep tight means secure from sleeping no? However the last explanation doesn’t seem right cuz if we follow the logic, sleep tight means secure from sleeping no?

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-2468 Lior Thu, 12 May 2011 14:52:26 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-2468 Thanks for that useful tidbit Phil :) I found an earlier reference of "sleep tight" alone in 1866, in Susan Bradford Eppes’ diary, "Through Some Eventful Years". I should imagine it might have been said orally before this though, even if textual evidence has not yet been found. Thanks for that useful tidbit Phil I found an earlier reference of “sleep tight” alone in 1866, in Susan Bradford Eppes’ diary, “Through Some Eventful Years”. I should imagine it might have been said orally before this though, even if textual evidence has not yet been found.

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-2461 Phil Thu, 12 May 2011 05:32:06 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-2461 I’ve seen many questions like this on the Internet, and all seem to decompose the phrase and address the origin and meaning of “sleep tight”. They answer WHAT it is instead of WHEN the idiom was first used. In searching Google Books, the earliest reference to the specific idiom “Good-night, sleep-tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite” I found is in the 1896 first publication the book of humor titled “What They Say in New England: a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions” by Clifton Johnson. I’ve seen many questions like this on the Internet, and all seem to decompose the phrase and address the origin and meaning of “sleep tight”. They answer WHAT it is instead of WHEN the idiom was first used. In searching Google Books, the earliest reference to the specific idiom “Good-night, sleep-tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite” I found is in the 1896 first publication the book of humor titled “What They Say in New England: a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions” by Clifton Johnson.

]]> http://www.saywhydoi.com/why-do-i-say-sleep-tight-origins-of-sleep-tight/#comment-942 Bruce Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:07:51 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=780#comment-942 There is certainly lots of excellent material on this excellent website. There is certainly lots of excellent material on this excellent website.

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