Posted in Trivia on October 25, 2009 by Ensorcelled Editors
The custom of closing the eyes of the deceased was seen as a way of closing the window between…?
The spirit world and the world of the living.
Tombstones are thought to have possibly originated from the notion that you can do what to ghosts?
Weigh them down.
People sometimes bound the hands and feet of the dead so that…?
They could not get up and wander back.
In some extreme cases, people would cut off the heads of the deceased so that the dead would…?
Be too busy looking for their heads to bother the living.
When a person died, family photographs were often turned face down in order to stop the spirit of the dead from…?
Possessing family members or friends.
In 19th century Europe and America, the dead were carried from their houses feet first in order to…?
Prevent them from looking back into the house and beckoning the living to come with them into death.
