Health Benefits. While the money savings is a good perk, sleeping on natural latex is even better. There are many âhealthy side-effectsâ that go with sleeping on natural latex foam. Pure, organic latex is inherently hypoallergenic, because it is not a man-made product, or a derivative of petrochemicals.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest appearance of the phrase dead as a doornail appears in William Langland's 14th century religious allegorical poem, Piers Plowman. The relevant line in the original poem stated, Fey withouten fait is febelore Ã¾en nouÈt, And ded as a dore-nayl..
The practice of mummifying the dead began in ancient Egypt c. 3500 BCE. The English word mummy comes from the Latin mumia which is derived from the Persian mum meaning 'wax' and refers to an embalmed corpse which was wax-like.