The Roadside Burial of Suicides

An East Anglian Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8934837
AutoresRobert Halliday (autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume121
Fascículo1
Páginas81-93
Data de publicação2010-03-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFolklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00155870903482023
OpenAlexW1999988222
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências 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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