Sex, sorcery, sewing and sleep





Crescent moon over the mountains in Transylvania

Author: Arabella McIntyre-Brown


One thought on “Sex, sorcery, sewing and sleep”

  1. Very interesting, segmented sleep is news to me and could be slotted into a historical novel somewhere. In the UK it was generally thought that in pre-industrial times most of your average working class had their sleep ruled by the hours of daylight so slept longer in winter than summer and of course had more work to do out in the fields then. Its all fine and dandy to say they could sit around telling stories and sewing by candlelight but candles had to be paid for and kindling and fire materials had to be sourced. Not sure the four hours and then another four hours would fit the long ( and very cold) nights of winter but are a good fit to summer. Whatever I think more research would help and it is an interesting subject. Personally I seem to have my sleep segmented quite a lot, I have two daughters who like to stay out late/ go out early according to their work or social patterns and I can tell you this……. give me the old eight hours solid any time!!!


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