Facts about Women in Mourning over 100 Years *Etiquette of the Times Dress the Deceased Simply Use Flowers Sparingly A Widow should be in morning for 18 months. She must be dressed in black, of a dead hue , not a lively blue black. The Widow's veil is made out of black crepe and is worn very long. Mourning Period for Parents is one year.. A veil is worn, but not over the face as the Widow's veil. Mouring for a sibling, stepparents, or grandparents is almost the same as for your parents, but the mourning period can be shorter. Mourning for an aunt or uncle is 3 months Wives and husbands wear mourning for the relatives of their spouses. Morning for children would be nine months * *from Keeping Hearth & Home* Food Fun and Facts Pioneer Cooking Store Kids Crafts Herbal Remedies Freebies Household Hints Food Trivia Back to Home Page | Email Me! | Copyright 1999-2010 | Privacy Policy | Ask a Question |
*To prevent Burying a Loved One Alive* Since there are no reliable methods for determining death and since new chemical and industrial methods of putting people in comas are multiplying in society, the fear of burial alive is very real. There have been reports of corpses exhumed with hair an nails grown long and fingernail scratches in the coffin lid. The reader is directed to a recently patented imporved burial case. The nature of this invention consists in placing on the lid of the coffin, and directly over the face of the body laid therein, a square tube, which extends from the coffing up through and over the surface of the grave, and said tupe containing a ladder and a cord, one end of said cord being placed in the hand of the person laid in the coffin and the other so that, should a person be interred before life is extinct, he can, on recovery to consciousness, ascend from the grave and the coffin by the ladder, or, if not able to ascend by said ladder, ring the bell, thereby giving an alarm and thus save himself from premature burial and death. And, if on inspection, life is extinct, the tube is withdrawn, the sliding door closed, and the tube used for a similar purpose. *from "Keeping Hearth and Home " Cooking Tips from the 1800's Pioneer Women Pet Goodies Dog Goodies Cat Goodies Easy Recipes |
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