tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post3586170002126473642..comments2023-09-26T09:50:03.781+01:00Comments on Saintly Ramblings: No option but to delayRev. Richard Thornburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-65094975465042974372011-01-30T19:52:45.638+00:002011-01-30T19:52:45.638+00:00I must be very wicked. I couldn't help laughi...I must be very wicked. I couldn't help laughing.Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-9706601656774135632011-01-27T10:26:30.328+00:002011-01-27T10:26:30.328+00:00In J Meade Falkner's novel "Moonfleet&quo...In J Meade Falkner's novel "Moonfleet" the coffins in the church crypt float around and knock against each other. For me it was one of my favourite parts of the book.<br /><br />As for our delayed burial, an alternative spot has been suggested to the family, and they have agreed to postpone the decision for some weeks to see if the situation rectifies itself. Unless we get Rev. Richard Thornburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-71574885821948584302011-01-26T22:06:31.860+00:002011-01-26T22:06:31.860+00:00In many northern New England cemeteries you can st...In many northern New England cemeteries you can still see 19th c holding vaults in which the winter's crop was stored, pending the Spring thaw. I believe that in New Orleans, with its shallow (or above ground) graves and high water table, the dead tend to premature resurrection in times of flood. Mimi is probably expert on this.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-84987830555556556422011-01-26T18:59:58.958+00:002011-01-26T18:59:58.958+00:00Dropping anchor and taking indefinite shore leave?...Dropping anchor and taking indefinite shore leave?Rev. Richard Thornburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-75647803392818277942011-01-26T14:05:58.274+00:002011-01-26T14:05:58.274+00:00We had to close our old cemetery when the water ta...We had to close our old cemetery when the water table got too high. Interestingly the last burial was a yachtsman!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998340587847511690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-91187069507976371192011-01-26T00:01:49.797+00:002011-01-26T00:01:49.797+00:00It would have meant drilling holes in the coffin ....It would have meant drilling holes in the coffin ....Rev. Richard Thornburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-83813315111938765492011-01-22T11:02:08.277+00:002011-01-22T11:02:08.277+00:00They didn't want a burial at sea then?They didn't want a burial at sea then?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998340587847511690noreply@blogger.com