CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I. THE PROVISIONS OF NATURE

II. DEATH WARNINGS--WHEN DOES DEATH TAKE PLACE?

III. PREPARATION FOR BURIAL, COFFINS, "GRAVE-GOODS," SUTTEE

IV. WAKES, MUTES, WAILERS, SIN-EATING, TOTEMISM, DEATH-TAXES

V. BELLS, MOURNING

VI. FUNERAL FEASTS AND PROCESSIONS

VII. EARLY BURIAL-PLACES

VIII. CHURCHYARDS, CEMETERIES, ORIENTATION AND OTHER BURIAL CUSTOMS

IX. TREES, FLOWERS, BODY-SNATCHING

X. PLAGUE

XI. STATE AND PUBLIC FUNERALS

XII. CREMATION, EMBALMING

XIII. IN MEMORIAM

XIV. MEMORIALS, EPITAPHS, RINGS AND MOURNING CARDS

INDEX

FUNERAL CUSTOMS