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Show Had to Be Buried In Wool. In looking throuk'h any old par!nh rei,lBter In Knulnnd one illncovers at a certain period a larun number of burial entries, In which It Is mentioned men-tioned that the deceased was burled In woolen. There was paused In 1678 an act requlrlnc, on puln of a fine of L'S, that an affidavit should be made within elttht days after a death, before be-fore a JiiHlli o or the peace or a mln Inter of rellKlon, H al tho deceased was burled only In wool. Its object was the encouragement of a native Industry Indus-try by tho lessening of l!ie Importation Importa-tion of linen from beyond tho seas. |