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Tombstone
Today, a tombstone is a tribute marking someone's final resting
place, but the custom began within ancient fears that the
departed spirit might rise from the grave to search out and
inhabit the body of a living person. To prevent this, the coffin
was nailed shut, a heavy stone was placed on its lid and it was
buried deep in the ground. For even great security, another
heavier stone was placed on the surface over the grave, giving
us the name, tombstone." "Little Book of Answers" by
Doug Lennox. My grandson, Eric Barry, found it.
Graveyard Shift
In the days before burial the family brought the deceased home
for others to see before they were placed in the ground. It
worried some that the deceased would not be dead when they were
put in the ground, so they would attach a wire to the deceased
hand run it outside the casket up through the dirt to a bell
hung by the side of the grave. All through the night a family
member would set by the grave waiting to see if the bell rang.
Hence the graveyard shift. Unknown
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