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Thread #163759   Message #3910133
Posted By: Senoufou
09-Mar-18 - 02:26 AM
Thread Name: Rubber-tire buggies and funerals
Subject: RE: Rubber-tire buggies and funerals
Round here I've never seen a 'buggy' in use. The coffin is always borne on the shoulders of four or six men, from the hearse into the church or crematorium, and from thence to the burial spot if interred.
The men are provided by the funeral director, but sometimes male members of the deceased's family help to bear the coffin too.