Then my boss would give them to me so I could play video games at the arcade. Now, this seems sort of unsanitary to me, and I often wonder whether the coins in circulation have been used in this way. How can you tell if a coin has been used to close a carcass's eyes?
2006-11-02 02:37:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You cant. You just wash your hands after you handle money just like your mom told you.
2006-11-02 02:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by Clock Watcher 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
When you refer to carcass I think of a dead animal. I've heard that before that coins had to be used in the eyes. I know that regular makeup can not be used too. I figured that funeral homes charged you enough money that if they did use coins that they would have just left them in there.
2006-11-02 10:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by Marenight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day, coins were places on the eyes of the deceased to pay the boat that takes them to the other side. It's not really a common thing now a days, but it's more of a ritual.
P.S. Ew! He gave them to you to play at the arcade? I am never touching change ever again!
2006-11-02 10:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by batgirlmeg 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Obviously you are making up this question, since coins were NEVER placed in the eyes to keep them closed (how would that thelp them to stay closed?!?!), in the olden days they were placed on the eyelids as a custom. Therefore, you need to stop posting fake, stupid questions.
2006-11-02 21:28:00 · answer #4 · answered by Reagan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can lick the coins. If they taste like rotting flesh, you've got a contaminated coin.
By the way, if you ever return to that line of work, you'll do a lot better if you start using the word "corpse."
2006-11-02 10:46:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kind of disrespectful to call someones deceased relative a "carcass". Wow.I have never heard that terminology used for a human being in a funeral home before.
Not to mention that your question is freaky anyways.
2006-11-02 10:41:16 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First off money is dirty anyway! Next you refered to the deceased / cadavers as carcasses? Where are you from and what funeral home was that, so I don't go there.
2006-11-02 10:42:23 · answer #7 · answered by Kelly L 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check for eye prints..
2006-11-02 10:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋