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A wake was to listen for bells: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin
by mensetmanusman 3y ago
A wake was to listen for bells:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin
- ptx 3y agoThe linked Wikipedia article (although interesting) doesn't seem to mention wakes, and the Wikipedia page on wakes [1] claims that this idea is a misconception. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony)
- mensetmanusman 3y agoYes, it wasn't started to listen for this situation, it's just funny to me that there were extremely rare occurrences where people did wake up...