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Do people still sit up with the dead at funeral homes?
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:47 pm to prplhze2000
having the body out is pretty primitive and weird imo. cremate my arse and throw me in the garbage. funerals are for the living, not the dead.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:51 pm to prplhze2000
I've never heard or it. Is this something those cousin frickers in Alabama do?
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:59 pm to prplhze2000
Yep still happens regularly in mamou if the family request it. Its mostly an older generation thing.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:31 pm to prplhze2000
This is a common a jewish custom called Shemira. The Talmud maintains that the soul of a deceased person will hover the body, lost and confused, until it departs. The sitters soothe the soul of the deceased by reading Psalms. Back in the day, body theft was a real concern, so Shemira also served the basic function of guarding the body.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:33 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:00 am to prplhze2000
Do the Catholics still strike the Pope on the forehead with a silver hammer? Serious question.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:00 am to prplhze2000
I'm originally from north LA. My grandmother passed away a couple of years ago. They lived in the country north of Dubach. She insisted on her death bed that someone needed to stay with her overnight at the funeral home before she was burried, but after she passed the funeral home we used wouldn't allow it and said no one really did that anymore. I thought the whole idea was strange and pointless, but I still felt sad her wishes weren't granted.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:28 am to prplhze2000
This used to be my grandfather's thing to do. Not just for someone who passed away, he'd sit up with people who had an illness in the family, too. It's a nice thing to do, and I'm sorry the custom has fallen by the wayside. If you've ever sat up all night during a family crisis, you know how the dark hours drag, and it's good to have someone to share the time with you.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 1:00 am to prplhze2000
It is mostly an older generation thing. I have done it once as part of an Italian family. There were about 12 of us that stayed. We paid extra for being able to do that.
This pic below is just so sad. This wife stayed with her husband's body all night also.
The night before the burial of her husband 2nd Lt. James Cathey of the United States Marine Corps, killed in Iraq, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of “Cat”,
This pic below is just so sad. This wife stayed with her husband's body all night also.
The night before the burial of her husband 2nd Lt. James Cathey of the United States Marine Corps, killed in Iraq, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of “Cat”,
Posted on 5/6/15 at 1:08 am to prplhze2000
i would be pissed if someone did that weird shite with me.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:01 am to prplhze2000
I'm not a fan on that. Wake at 11AM, Funeral Mass at 12N, put me in the ground at 1PM, everyone head to the reception for food and booz.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:10 am to prplhze2000
It's an old practical tradition from ancient times. You wanted to keep cats, dogs or other animals away while waiting on family to get the word of the passing and assemble for the funeral. Pre-modern communications and ease of travel.
Also as said earlier, beliefs that the soul is still tethered to the body for a while after death.
Also as said earlier, beliefs that the soul is still tethered to the body for a while after death.
Posted on 5/7/15 at 2:52 pm to prplhze2000
If the deceased was a member of the Knights of Columbus, a fellow knight stays the night with him. (See what I did there?)
Posted on 5/7/15 at 3:16 pm to prplhze2000
I've made it abundantly clear in my Will that I want my body fed to Great White sharks off the Coast of South Africa.
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