SC - Re: Funeral Feasts

[Liam Fisher]

>I've experienced several of these 'Feasts' although I've always
>heard them still referred to as a 'Wake.'  The most recently attended
>was for my Grandmother in the Midwest.  She was quite involved at

Wakes are simply that.  You wait and see if the person wakes up before 
burying them.  Usually the deceased love one was kept nearby or even on the 
feast table to see if the reverie would stir them from their slumber and if 
after a couple of days they were still asleep, then came the funeral.

Cadoc
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Cadoc MacDairi, Mountain Confederation, ACG

"I am the wyrm that hides
the universal secret of all time
Destruction of the empty spaces
is my one and only crime"

                "A National Acrobat" - Black Sabbath

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