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Originally posted by ladygreek
Those were Wakes where the idea was to give the person time to "wake up." That is because there were misdiagnoses of death and people feared burying someone alive.
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This reminds me of a funny story my cousin told me. She had a "side gig" of doing hair at a funeral home several years ago. She would typically go in early in the morning or late at night before/after her full time job. Because she was related to the Funeral Director (other side of her family), she had a key and would let her self into the back room. He would have the deceased propped up "waiting" on her to do her thing. Well one winter morning (read it was still dark outside) she was doing a woman's hair and moved her some type of way. Sometimes gasses get trapped in the body, and when she moved the woman the gas started to come out and made a sound! She said it sounded like the sterotypical ghost sound! Needless to say, she dropped the comb and got the heck out of there!
That ended her career as a funeral home hairdresser! Even after the FD explained what happened she refused to go back!