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Sitting Up With the Dead: Lost Appalachian Burial Customs

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    Sitting Up With the Dead: Lost Appalachian Burial Customs

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    Appalachian folks are no stranger to death. For the Dark Horseman visited so frequently, houses were made with two front doors. One door was used for happy visits and the other door, known as the funeral door, would open into the deathwatch room for sitting up with the dead. Prior to the commercialization of the funeral industry, funeral homes and public cemeteries were virtually nonexistent in the early days of the Appalachian settlers.
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