Show ft > ltlnir a t 11 r pees Ono of the most curious burial cue tarns still cxUtliitf In Ireland and 111 Somersetshire England Is that 01 placing tall upon tho brcait n corpse an soon at It has been properly 9okl I out on the coolln board In Rug land where tha ciiMom still prevails omonir a people I who I hoot tho Impiita tlon of bcliis hupcrstlllous ll Is I claimed claim-ed that It 1 s dona lot order to prevent = l1 air from getting Into tho corpse am1 thus swelling and t bloating It Camp Loll nnd Morcsln both refer to lha practice prac-tice aa a survival of old limo supcrail I tlous burial leo Ilicyijuoto t largely from ancient vvrltcra pestle a that early Christians nil rwnmled all arts emblem of Immortality nUll etcrnllj and that on such accounts It wan nn clcntly used In the manner abovementioned above-mentioned Harman Is authority for I the statement thul the early lirrmans not cnly I put sail under the toniriieao their dead bet also put llttlo 1 rvllndeis I t of rock 1 tl In tn tho right I hand of the licit us soon as it was learned 1 thai and persons were near deaths door In moSt hcnlhvn countries where nil Iclndtof superstition provalln tall It j ufl 11 Ut frightening i used as a charm In frlghlenlnuauu > evil spirits and It alleged that tho 1ataqonluns frequently strangle their children to death by forcing I salt don their throats lo drive out dovllt |