The Roadside Burial of Suicides

An East Anglian Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8934837
AutoresRobert Halliday (autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen121
Número1
Páginas81-93
Fecha de publicación2010-03-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFolklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00155870903482023
OpenAlexW1999988222
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas7

While folklorists and social historians have assumed that the roadside burial of suicides was a widespread custom in England, there have been few efforts to research or locate specific examples. This study traces documented cases of the practice, and known (or suspected) roadside graves from one area of England in an attempt to establish how common this was. Notes [1] Personal conversation with Lyn Knights, manager of Denny's clothes shop, Southwold. [2] Robert Halliday, "Ghost Walk in Suffolk," BBC Radio Four Rambling Series, broadcast 6 June 2003. [3] Jancis Harvey, "Young Gypsy," People and Places CD, 2000. [4] Personal communication from Noel Aves of Moulton

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