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	Name:	jawjagal -
	Subject:	Mythbuster -
	Date:	6/21/2006 9:33:53 AM

". . . and they realized they had still been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on their wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night to listen for the bell. "
***Premature burial signalling devices only came into fashion in the 19th century; they weren't around in the 15th. Some of these 19th century coffins blew whistles and raised flags if their inhabitants awoke from their dirt naps. ***

I knew about this info in the 19th century, as you said, but didn't know how far back this custom went. As a matter of fact, in England, there used to be a formal society, - can't think of the name of the society now - that would oversee someone strolled the graveyards - I think it was for about 14 days - to see if they heard the bell tied to the "dead's" finger through a hole in the ground and coffin.

Thanks for setting the record straight.

And in your post above - the 1500's would be the 16th century...not 15th.

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