Comments on: Victorian Funeral Customs and Superstitions http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org An Historic Victorian Cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-328 Anonymous Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:29:27 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-328 my husband just told me after i read him the list of superstions that his mother (still living) used to and still does turn over a shoe under the bed when the dogs howl outside at night . it's interesting the way old superstions have no borders races or colors. they translate well through many different places in the world. my husband just told me after i read him the list of superstions that his mother (still living) used to and still does turn over a shoe under the bed when the dogs howl outside at night . it’s interesting the way old superstions have no borders races or colors. they translate well through many different places in the world.

]]> By: administrator http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-297 administrator Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:55:23 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-297 The office can be found on the right as you go in through the Prospect Street arch. Tammie is in the office during the week and can look up your family member and give you a small map of where to find the marker in the cemetery. Hope you find what you are seeking. The office can be found on the right as you go in through the Prospect Street arch. Tammie is in the office during the week and can look up your family member and give you a small map of where to find the marker in the cemetery. Hope you find what you are seeking.

]]> By: Anonymous http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-253 Anonymous Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:03:48 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-253 It used to be that when a person died, the body went out of the house feet first. Is this correct? It used to be that when a person died, the body went out of the house feet first. Is this correct?

]]> By: annie http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-191 annie Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:20:24 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-191 whenI was a child passing funeral procassions passing houses, it was custom to pull the curtains or draw the blinds, this to prevent the dead from entering your home, but I feel my mother did it to make the grieving family feel they wear not being "gawped at". Also a coin was left at the gate of the deceased family home. this was central Scotland cica 1960's whenI was a child passing funeral procassions passing houses, it was custom to pull the curtains or draw the blinds, this to prevent the dead from entering your home, but I feel my mother did it to make the grieving family feel they wear not being “gawped at”. Also a coin was left at the gate of the deceased family home. this was central Scotland cica 1960′s

]]> By: Rosie Morris http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-156 Rosie Morris Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:17:04 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-156 Very interesting. Anyone know anything about Maidnes' Garlands" Very interesting. Anyone know anything about Maidnes’ Garlands”

]]> By: Anonymous http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-151 Anonymous Sat, 30 May 2009 01:11:20 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-151 That was very interesting thanks for the info That was very interesting thanks for the info

]]> By: Charles O'Meara http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-80 Charles O'Meara Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:36:10 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-80 Not to politicize things, but a certain number of English funeral customs probably came over from Ireland with waves and waves of Irish who came to work as laborers and serving women in England over the centuries. The Irish certainly have many, many funeral customs and superstitions about death and certainly they turned the idea of the wake into an artform - Irish wakes sometimes became so rowdy that the corpse was taken out of the box and dragged around the dance floor, or a bottle or glass placed in his or her hand, or a hat on the head. At any rate, what I was taughht among other things was that you wear black to appear as a "shadow" rather than a body so the dead person's spirit won't enter your body. Irish women are in charge of a wake and funeral preparations. First all windows are opened and the body is washed and dressed. I was told by a nurse here in America that in the days before modern hospitals with sealed windows the Irish nurses would always be quick to enter the room of a dead person and open the windows. Also, whiskey is often poured onto the dead person's favorite possessions or things associated with them, just a bit in their honor. So a fiddler or a piper might have a bit of whiskey from the toast bottle poured on his fiddle or pipes. Not to politicize things, but a certain number of English funeral customs probably came over from Ireland with waves and waves of Irish who came to work as laborers and serving women in England over the centuries. The Irish certainly have many, many funeral customs and superstitions about death and certainly they turned the idea of the wake into an artform – Irish wakes sometimes became so rowdy that the corpse was taken out of the box and dragged around the dance floor, or a bottle or glass placed in his or her hand, or a hat on the head. At any rate, what I was taughht among other things was that you wear black to appear as a “shadow” rather than a body so the dead person’s spirit won’t enter your body. Irish women are in charge of a wake and funeral preparations. First all windows are opened and the body is washed and dressed. I was told by a nurse here in America that in the days before modern hospitals with sealed windows the Irish nurses would always be quick to enter the room of a dead person and open the windows. Also, whiskey is often poured onto the dead person’s favorite possessions or things associated with them, just a bit in their honor. So a fiddler or a piper might have a bit of whiskey from the toast bottle poured on his fiddle or pipes.

]]> By: leonie http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-72 leonie Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:12:29 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-72 a dog howling means there is going to be a death ,exspesialy to the owners of the dog in romany superstition a dog howling means there is going to be a death ,exspesialy to the owners of the dog in romany superstition

]]> By: marvie http://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-71 marvie Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:53:15 +0000 http://oakgrovecemetery.wordpress.com/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions/#comment-71 "A dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen." -THIS IS A SUPERSTITION KNOWN ALSO IN THE PHILIPPINES AND EVEN IN ITS SMALL PROVINCES LIKE EASTERN SAMAR. "Lavish meals, or collations, were often served after internment." -THIS IS ALSO A TRADITION OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE. “A dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen.”

-THIS IS A SUPERSTITION KNOWN ALSO IN THE PHILIPPINES AND EVEN IN ITS SMALL PROVINCES LIKE EASTERN SAMAR.

“Lavish meals, or collations, were often served after internment.”

-THIS IS ALSO A TRADITION OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE.

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