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October Mutton Eaters is now Online

06 Wednesday Oct 2010

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The Victorian Celebration of Death

The Borden Funerals

Those Victorians sure knew how to mourn and how to keep Loved Ones around for years after the funeral through Memento Mori.  To find out more about the customs of the era, and the Borden funeral in particular, visit the link for October Mutton Eaters online.  Why did Lizzie wish her grave “bricked over”.  What is a mort-safe?