Beyond the Grave: Concepts of Death in Early Modern England
Delightful article from The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice:
Up until the last decades of the 19th century, people living in Derbyshire, England meticulously collected and stored their fallen or extracted teeth in jars. When a person died, these teeth were placed inside the coffin alongside the corpse. On Judgment Day, those who failed to do this would be damned to search for the lost teeth in a bucket of blood located deep within the fiery pits of Hell.
- February 3 2012 | 52 Notes - Read More →
