Ordering a Funeral for Mother A devoted son orders a lavish funeral for his mother–who is not dead and declines the festivities.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 5, 2016
in Crime , Death , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged funeral joke , funeral prank , funerals , John H. Coe , joke funeral , mother's day , Ordering a Funeral for Mother , orders a funeral for his mother , undertaker joke , Victorian funerals
The Sitting Dead – Bizarre Burials and Curious Coffins A cavalcade of curious coffins and bizarre burials: standing, sitting, on horseback, in a whiskey barrel, or a brick…
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Chris Woodyard
on
February 4, 2014
in Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged burial instructions , coffins , eccentrics , funerals , mourning , strange burials , strange coffins , The Sitting Dead - Bizarre Burials and Curious Coffins
Mourning becomes elective Some musings on Victorian mourning customs, historic calls for funerary reforms, and a modest proposal for a return to formal mourning.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 29, 2012
in Costume History , Death , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged costume history , crape , funerals , mourning becomes elective , mourning costume , mourning customs , mourning rituals , Victorian costume , Victorian mourning
