Death, (the
topic) is a part of the weekend's activities. It isn't a morbid or unhappy
experience. In fact, we provide an entertaining and amusing look at
nineteenth-century mourning customs. This event proves to be as enjoyable as it
is educational.
Dressed
in the formal mourning clothes of the nineteenth-century, our bereaved prepare
to pay their respects for our departed soldier. Front row L to R: Luke Wallace, Bethany Brenner and Katherine
Reisig. Standing is Trish Moss.
The mourners gather...
The Victorians had many superstitions associated with death. When there was a corpse in the house you had to cover all the mirrors. If a mirror in your house happened to fall and break by itself, it meant that someone in the home would die soon. When someone died in the house and there was a clock in the room, you had to stop the clock at the death hour or the family of the household would have bad luck. When the body was removed from the house for burial, it had to be carried out feet first because it was believed that if it was carried out head first, it could look back and beckon others to follow it into death.
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