In Victorian times, there was an intense fear of being buried alive, so when someone died, a small hole was dug from the casket to the surface, then a string was tied around the dead persons finger which was then attached to a small but loud bell that was hung on the surface of the grave, so then if someone was buried alive, they could ring the bell and whomever was on duty would go and dig them up. Someone was on the clock 24 hours a day- hence the grave yard shift.
In Victorian times, there was an intense fear of being buried alive, so when someone died, a small hole was dug from the casket to the surface, then a string was tied around the dead persons finger which was then attached to a small but loud bell that was hung on the surface of the grave, so then if someone was buried alive, they could ring the bell and whomever was on duty would go and dig them up. Someone was on the clock 24 hours a day- hence the grave yard shift.
i was reading one of those useless facts pages and it said that back in the olden day, ppl were mistakingly buried alive, so they would tie a string to the buried person's hand which attached to a bell outside the grave site so that if the person was still alive they would ring the bell and the person doing the graveyard shift (its apparently where this term came from) could dig them out.. maybe that's why they were buried face up?
this is a wierd question but not coming from me.....
how come when were buried were buried facing up?? how come were not facing down???
Is this a serious question???
Dead serious. HA! i crack myself up.
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