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DEATH CUSTOMS
SCOTLAND - FLAGS WERE PUT ON THE GRAVES, BEFORE EMBALMING CAME
INTO USE, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WERE BEING BURIED ALIVE. THEY
CONNECTED THE FLAGS TO THE CASKET SO THE PERSON COULD RAISE THE
FLAG TO ALERT OTHERS THAT THEY WERE STILL ALIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: CA00001972