Funeral Customs

Description

Funeral Customs is a book by Bertram S. Puckle first published in 1926. It explores the origins and development of funeral practises throughout history, alongside the beliefs that people hold regarding death and burials. The author discusses subjects such as death warnings, burial preparations, grave-goods, wakes, funeral feasts, processions, body-snatching, and much more.

This book has 73,499 words, 125 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1926.

Production notes: This ebook of Funeral Customs was published by Global Grey on the 22nd July 2022. The artwork used for the cover is 'Children funeral' by Albert Anker.