SC - Re: Funeral Feasts
Liam Fisher
macdairi at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 29 08:06:02 PDT 1999
>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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the universal secret of all time
Destruction of the empty spaces
is my one and only crime"
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