why do we put a piece of metal on a dead persons stomach my mum says its so they stimach doesnt blow up is this true
2007-05-31 01:34:08 · 6 answers · asked by essi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
never heard of that
folklore? old wives tale? some ethnic custom?
2007-05-31 01:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The piece of metal is like a preserver and magnifys the dissolved juices for decomposing of the body
2007-05-31 01:38:07 · answer #2 · answered by Dancer101 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have also never heard
I remeber that ancient greeks put a small pice of money in the mouth of deads in order to pay Charon which with his boat took the deads in the tartare (dead's home)
2007-05-31 01:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of this either.
If someone died while sitting up (like in a chair), their body is probably stuck in the sitting position, since the body becomes rigid and stiff after death. Perhaps you mother saw a body with a bar attached to it to make the body lay flat.
2007-05-31 01:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has some thing to do with keeping the internal gasses that build up, from making the cadaver from sitting up.
2007-05-31 01:44:02 · answer #5 · answered by duster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh never heard of that before in my life??
2007-05-31 01:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋