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re: Do people still sit up with the dead at funeral homes?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:10 am to prplhze2000
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.
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:17 am to Bullfrog
Back in the day my older family members down the bayou were put in a coffin and the coffin placed in the living room of the house and relatives and friends would come to the house to view the body.
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