6 Day Vigil

[dave88 1,565]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/09/british-man-helped-to-accept-his-wifes-death-by-six-day-vigil

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this...couldnt do it myself but I understand people deal with grief differently

[lurcherman 887 13,445]

Weirdo

[mackem 30,048]

Been to a couple abroad,corpse in a coffin under a sheet of glass in the house for a few days,dont seem to remember them being six day vigils though as the heat would have made the smell a bit ripe

[riohog 5,939]

years ago i remember coffins used to be put in the front room in the house so friends could visit and pay last respects .i remember my grandfarther died in the 60,s and this is what they did

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

Seen some report on TV a few days ago about families keeping their family in the house for years! They would wash them everday! They showed one of an old man, he was basically falling apart! He probably looked nothing like the person they remember! This was was in India or somewhere similar!

[Francie 6,368]

That what us irish do if somebody dies, take them back to house wake them for two days, everyone comes an pays there respect, then your buried on the third day.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 17,519]

I went to a family funeral once when I was Iittle and the coffin was on the table with plates of sandwiches and sausage rolls around it

 

Stuffed my face with onion rings

[scothunter 12,609]

That facebook has a lot to answer for. Thought folk posting pics of there dinner was weirdl but this takes it new a new level. Some c**ts just crave attention in this new age of social media.

 

Things like this just make me realise im getting f***ing old lol

dont understand this kind of stuff. Somethings are meant to be private.

 

Inviting people to come see a corpse. Certainly not for me. I remember when my dad died and the family were going to the undertakers to see him. I refused to go. Rather my last memory wasn't him laid out dead like a prize on a gameshow.

[Francie 6,368]

 

That what us irish do if somebody dies, take them back to house wake them for two days, everyone comes an pays there respect, then your buried on the third day.

I think its morbid as fcuk personally, but there again its each to there own, i think my ole granny took it hard losing her son so young an she pushed for body to come home, tjo it come to our house an not my grannies, my mum was only young aswell an im sure she just let everybody craic on with arrangements and walked out that house an never looked back, ill have to ask of it was for 2 days tho, i was only 6 an cant remember an like i said i wasnt allowed anywhere near

Yeah mate, i think it cause jesus died an rose on the third day, an it gives people who knew the deceased to pay there respect one last time, an it helps too with grevieng all the people coming.

 

When my mum died year an half ago,my house was rammed to the neck with family an friends, it was good all the support.

[saluki bouy 871]

Always thought this was a catholic thing?

[The one 8,592]

Six days does seem a bit excessive these days