The Chairs Were Left Flat on the Street
Evidence of a Funerary Tradition in Ulster
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8935079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda-May Ballard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 265-269 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.2013.812415 |
| OpenAlex | W2008681380 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In 1963 a questionnaire on the subject of local funeral customs was circulated by the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, which elicited important information on a range of traditions associated with death. In this paper, accounts of the custom of knocking over the chairs on which the coffin rested immediately prior to the funeral are analysed as a symbol of transference from the natural to the other world
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Coffin · Funeral Rites · Genealogy · Left behind · Natural (archaeology · Subject (documents · Symbol (formal · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Irish and British Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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