Typically on straw mattresses.
Friar John -The only other Friar who appears in the story 8)
Friar John
Applied phlebotinum. In other words, a substance which doesn't really exist but makes the action of the plot possible. There is no real substance which can make you appear to be dead (including lack of pulse or colour) for exactly 42 hours.
He sends a friend and fellow friar, Friar John, with a letter.
Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion at the opening of Act 4. It is the only way she can avoid being bigamously married to Paris. It is not a poison, however, just a Mickey Finn designed to knock her out for a couple of days.
The Wife of Bath is conveying that the Friar is as burdensome and troubling to her as an incubus, which is a demon in folklore that preys on women in their sleep. She is suggesting that the Friar is a source of frustration and difficulty in her life.
Forty-two hours
when juliet drinks the potion friar Laurence says that Juliets will turn yellow and turn into a bannana then die in her sleep.
She asks Friar Lawrence for help. He was the one to give her the potion that will put her to sleep for 42 hours.
Friar John -The only other Friar who appears in the story 8)
the friar... the friar...
Friar John
Applied phlebotinum. In other words, a substance which doesn't really exist but makes the action of the plot possible. There is no real substance which can make you appear to be dead (including lack of pulse or colour) for exactly 42 hours.
Friar
A friar is a male.
The plant root used in Friar Lawrence's sleeping potion is called mandrake root. It is a poisonous plant with a long history in folklore and mythology and is often associated with magical and mystical properties. In Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," Friar Lawrence uses mandrake root in the potion that puts Juliet into a deep sleep to feign her death.
He sends a friend and fellow friar, Friar John, with a letter.