By Vania Raebel | June 21, 2019
Back in the day, you couldn’t afford to be picky and you had to make the most of the resources on hand. Cement wasn’t a thing yet and you’d be hard-pressed to find a home with an actual wooden floor, so most house only had straw underfoot.
The straw served as their protection from the ground itself and was also a way to cushion themselves when they slept. It’s a great solution to protecting yourself from the elements, but since only the top layer of the straw was ever replaced and not the bottom one, who knows what was lurking underneath.
