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It was in this room that William Shakespeare was born, as were his children.
Why Young Boys Were Dressed Like Girls
It was customary for children to share their parent's bedroom when they were young. A cradle for a small infant was commonly found on one side of the parent's bed and under the adult bed was a trundle which was pulled out at night for the toddlers and young children. (Photos left and center.) This bedroom was kept warm and traditionally had a fireplace.
Beyond that was another bedroom which usually had a fireplace. This was the older boys' room. (Photo of boys' bedroom on the right - you can see the fireplace next to the bed.)
Beyond the boys' bedroom was the girls' room which was very cold with no access to a fireplace or heat. It was believed that girls were much sturdier and could take the colder bedroom better without getting sick so the older boys shared the warm bedroom next to their parents. Also, boys were more important so it was important that they were kept healthier. If you were going to lose a child, you did not want it to be a son!
It was standard in those days to keep the children in the room with the parents until they could do accomplish one thing. When they could safely walk around the room holding a lit candle, they were old enough to be moved out of their parent's bedroom. When they could pass that test they were moved into the girls' bedroom or the boys' bedroom.
Crib death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was a mystery then as it is today, and the lives of many babies and young children were tragically taken. Since they knew of no logical explanation for these sudden deaths, they concluded that the children's souls were being taken by evil spirits. They also concluded that since the boys were much more important to the family and to society, they believed the spirits were much more interested in taking the boys and leaving the girls.
To trick the evil spirits not to take the male infants and boys, they dressed them like little girls. That is why little boys wore dresses and feminine bonnets – to fool the evil spirits into thinking they were girls so they would pass them by and not take them.
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