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