Sasaferrato
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I heard similar, but someone actually physically inspected...
'What did you do today dear?' 'Not a lot, grabbed the Pope by the nuts... '
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I heard similar, but someone actually physically inspected...
'What did you do today dear?' 'Not a lot, grabbed the Pope by the nuts... '
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Snopes says "unproven"
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Is a Deceased Pope Tapped with a Silver Hammer to Verify He's Dead?
Does part of the process of determining that a Pope has died call for him to be tapped on the forehead with a silver hammer?
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Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Is bollocks now.
Are Dead Popes Still Hit on the Head With a Hammer?
The camerlengo verifies the passing of the pope after the doctor has pronounced his death.weirdcatholic.com
A swift Google didn't really give an answer either way. It does look though as if it was done, but not for a long while.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I’ve only seen them in the movies tbf. Is it not standard to lift the bride and groom in their chairs during the horah?What sort of Jewish weddings have you been going to?
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I didn't try the gas and air either, Mrs Q did offer me a 'hit' on a few occasions but I never did.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
No that's Birkenhead when the MDMA kicks in at the evening bash.
Yossarian
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Interesting site with a mountain of weird stuff I might have a look at sometime, the author definitely seems to have done his research.
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My main area of interest is medieval popular piety, which is a slippery subject because it lacks genuine primary documentation. (The voice of the medieval commoner is always mediated by the lettered elite.) In particular, I’ve spent a lot of time on how attitudes towards death, dying, the soul, and the afterlife evolved from antiquity to the middle ages, particularly in the way those shifting attitudes are reflected in theology, folklore, funerary practices, and accounts of ghosts, revenants, spirits, and other apparitions. You’ll find Weird Catholic returns to these subjects with some frequency.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
They're quite common at Sikh funerals but the body is usually displayed at the house before it's moved to the temple, where it's kept closed. Everyone files past the stiff to pay their respects but I've generally tried not to look, save for the odd peek out of curiosity. It's all a bit odd.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Similar in Ireland and my dad's era in Catholic Liverpool.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Seen that happen in Simchat Torah services but no weird genital inspection or holes in chairs no.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I did not say that happened! Just the holding aloft on chairs thingSeen that happen in Simchat Torah services but no weird genital inspection or holes in chairs no.
Think it’s also a Balkan thing
mx wcfc
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My (hindu) F-i-L's funeral involved an open casket at the undertakers. The room was very small, so only his children and wife were inside. I stood outside in a corridor with the other spouses and grandchildren. We were given bits of bark and invited into the room to put them in the coffin. My daughter and I, and the two other spouses, declined the offer, but the other three grandchildren did go in.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Have you not heard about the dog bowl? Horsey lady? The 25 dead taliban?
bimble
floofy
I’ve tragically missed all of this. Might catch up on all the harry news next time I catch covid and am confined to bed but even then probably not I’d rather watch old inspector Columbos.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
They do have open coffins in some churches here as well. The one I saw was in a C Of E church, with a mostly West Indian congregation
It looks fun. I’ve seen it done a couple of times, but sadly never been held aloft myself. Well, not under those circumstances.
I had lots of banknotes pinned to me at my big fat Greek wedding (never seen the film). I hated it - it seemed like a really vulgar tradition. I was looking forward to plate smashing, but it wasn’t done on the day. We saved that for the marriage itself.
I think I’d panic. I’d want some warning so I knew I was walking into a ‘don’t look’ situation.
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Seeing as we're talking about funeral practices from other cultures, last summer, I attended some of the funeral/post-cremation ceremonies of my wife's Chinese uncle in Malaysia. One of them included sifting through a large metal bowl filled with the deceased's ashes, using tongs to pick out the larger bones to put in the urn. There was some confusion when some wires were found in amongst the bones before they realised it was his pacemaker.
The tongs were proffered to me, but I politely declined.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Good thing there wasn't an explosion when they cremated your f-i-l Improbable research: the problem of exploding pacemakers
“It was the day my grandmother exploded." (The Crow Road)
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Prince Harry’s memoir hits No 1 on Amazon, predicted to be one of year’s bestsellers
Spare is already UK’s top-selling title a day ahead of publication, with retailers expecting sustained interest in royal revelationswww.theguardian.com
Looks like he's going to make a few quid on his memoir. Will he pay tax on his UK earnings or is he one of those nondom people now?
At the one and only Jewish wedding I went to, yes, they did lift the bride and groom on chairs at one point, don't know what that bit was called, probably the horah you're referring to.
Wasnt aware of that in the UK.
Caskets / coffins are open here for wakes and closed once everyone has given their condolences to family and the family have had private time to say their goodbyes.
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Ax^
Silly Rabbit
hmm caskets are different that coffins
one being fucking heavier than the other
carried a few coffins took about six of us ... caskets your talking about 8 at least
and aye the brits down really do the open coffin stuff before the funeral as much
never done the funeral home view in the uk and they rarely do proper wakes body at home
having a funeral in the united kingdom can take weeks to get the body released
one being fucking heavier than the other
carried a few coffins took about six of us ... caskets your talking about 8 at least
and aye the brits down really do the open coffin stuff before the funeral as much
never done the funeral home view in the uk and they rarely do proper wakes body at home
having a funeral in the united kingdom can take weeks to get the body released
Ranbay
The same rules apply
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“Immediate Evacuation Order for all of Montecito, parts of Carpinteria, Summerland & City of Santa Barbara. LEAVE NOW,“ the Montecito Fire Department urgently tweeted at 12:22 p.m. Monday.
An evacuation center was established at the Wake Center, 300 North Turnpike Road, in Santa Barbara.
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