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ChrisofWessex | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:55 |
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Would just like to know why and if there is a link to the expression - expect there is. |
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Kay???? | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:55 |
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The reason for this is because,,,usually,,,,,, you make your entrance into the world head first and your carried out the same way,,your last journey,,,,, |
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Sally Moonchild | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:54 |
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You would have to ask whoever puts it in the hearse......because they just slide it out and place it on the pall bearers shoulders the way it comes out of the hearse..... |
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ann | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:53 |
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I had heard years ago so that person cant look back. Annie. |
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Researching: |
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Haribo | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:49 |
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Well, I never knew that!! must ask my colleagues tomorrow if they did. |
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Deanna | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:43 |
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Yes.... and my mother went DAFT when she saw me placing my new babies |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 2 Jan 2008 17:41 |
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I have only just noticed recently that a coffin is carried into a church feet first - why is this? |
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