Bundling Board In A Bed

The tradition is thought to have originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later became common in colonial United States especially in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

Bundling board in a bed. Bundling served as a way for courting couples to experience some physical intimacy before their wedding and was also practical for suitors who traveled long distances to small isolated homes that didnt have much privacy says Dr. However it was not a very reliable deterrent based on the pregnancies that commonly resulted. A bundling board was a long piece of wood installed like a fence to divide a large bed in two.

170 likes 1 talking about this 13 were here. Usually from what Ive read and been told it is a first date too. The Bundling Board closed but we maintain a FB page as memories for our previous guests and to.

Religion to the Rescue. Is that right Barbara. Bundling was a method of allowing a young man and a young woman who were of marriageable age to continue courting into the late hours of the night by courting in bed.

The bundling board was a large plank placed between the two. This was a wide board running through the length of the bed in which a courting couple lay preventing too close a physical intimacy. Bundling offered a way for the couple to continue their conversation well into the night.

Likewise what was a bundling board used for. Bundling was a necessity. Feb 22 2017 - Explore Sexual History Tours board Bundling on Pinterest.

Certainly it must have been a lot more comfortable to court a girl in bed than on an old sofa or an old hard wood-box. A traveler might find himself sharing the bed with a young maiden but more likely it would be the head of the household AND there would be a bundling board between them. Bundling or tarrying is the traditional practice of wrapping two people in a bed together usually as a part of courting behavior.