Show odd method of interment upright burial was the recognized and traditional form 0 interment i favored by the kings of ancient ire land it was not fitting that a monarch should be prone ac cordingly they were burled erect clad in their war panoply and usually with their faces turned toward their ene roles the ancient irish believed that so long as their kings remil ned in this position they exercised an evil influence on their foes so powerful g was the belief in this ability that on one occasion the body of a king was disinterred by those hostile to bis clan and placed in another grave head downward in order to break the succession of disasters which dogged hem while he rested in hid grave with face turned toward them |