Nails, Screw fixtures, afterlife, etc?
2006-06-29 10:46:31 · 9 answers · asked by greebo 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
From the days of body snatching I should think.
2006-06-29 10:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by Norman Bates 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Seriously (I know from a story my uncle told about my Grandmother who passed in 1947) ~ so that when and if the coffin is ever moved, it won't come open, possibly spilling the contents. Avoid a problem before it happens.
2006-06-29 18:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by Sleek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea, good question. I would imagine it would be to keep other things out. Our to make sure the body doesn't roll out when the coffin gets lowered in to the ground.
2006-06-29 17:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by Wondering 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coffins are designed to contain the body and all it's goo so it doesn't infect the living. Plus it's easy to bury, gives you something to hold on to while chucking it into the hole, and it keeps the worms out.
2006-06-29 19:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 SCREW , HEAD AND TOE , ONE EACH SHOULDER , IF THE COFFIN HAS TO BE PUT ON END TO COME OUT OF THE HOUSE , OR DOWN STAIR'S , IT STOP'S THE BODY FALLING OUT
2006-06-29 17:52:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old saying, so the evil spirits cant escape
2006-06-29 17:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by SALLY N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so that no bugs or anything else can get in there. but mostly so no one can dig them up and take the body or do something to it. think about that. you have to do that.
2006-06-29 17:56:03 · answer #7 · answered by kkaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vampires still exist.
2006-06-29 18:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by TheSkeptic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stop any stowaways getting in.
2006-06-29 17:49:49 · answer #9 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋