Funeral etiquette

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@Wristy

In the part of Galway the auld lad hails from one family dug a grave about 100 years ago for neighbours. When the big day arrived the hole wasn’t big enough to allow the coffin to be lowered. The shame on the family is still talk about to this day but oddly enough they are the ones you want digging your loved ones grave because they do a great job of it to atone for the sins of their ancestors.

A twee post reeking of bullshit

lets call it tweeshit

[Julio_Geordio]

@Ebeneezer Goode

Mrs Goode Auntie died out west. The neighbours dug the grave the day before the burial. After the coffin went down and prayers were said the neighbours picked up their shovels and covered it in. I thought this was the nicest thing I have ever witnessed. Neighbours looking after neighbours, it was so personal. In Dublin at funerals I have been at, a small digger lurks in the background as the broken hearted family walk away. Us metropolitans could learn a lot.

Standard practice in West Limerick

[braz83]

Anyone know the rules for funerals on Holy Week? A relative passed away this morning, the body is being released to us in the morning and the Rosary is being held tomorrow evening. Nobody seems sure what the likely timetable is from there though.

[briantinnion]

@braz83

Anyone know the rules for funerals on Holy Week? A relative passed away this morning, the body is being released to us in the morning and the Rosary is being held tomorrow evening. Nobody seems sure what the likely timetable is from there though.

Think they pretty much close up for Easter. Once you get to Holy Thursday prayers in the evening it’s too late. Nothing can happen then until Easter Sunday I think.

[braz83]

@briantinnion

Think they pretty much close up for Easter. Once you get to Holy Thursday prayers in the evening it’s too late. Nothing can happen then until Easter Sunday I think.

Cheers, that’s pretty much my expectation. Mass can’t be celebrated at all as far as I know from Good Friday until the vigil on Holy Saturday. Seems unlikely to me that a funeral would be held with the Mass on Easter Sunday, wouldn’t be able to do a removal the night before anyway, so I’m guessing it might be Monday.

[ciarancareyshurlingarmy]

There are a number of ways round it, particularly for a cancer death. I think that a funeral service can be held without a mass on Friday

[fenwaypark]

@braz83

Anyone know the rules for funerals on Holy Week? A relative passed away this morning, the body is being released to us in the morning and the Rosary is being held tomorrow evening. Nobody seems sure what the likely timetable is from there though.

Sorry for your loss Braz.

[Mac]

@ciarancareyshurlingarmy

There are a number of ways round it, particularly for a cancer death. I think that a funeral service can be held without a mass on Friday

Anything can be held, there just can’t be a consecration or communion given out between Holy Thursday and Easter vigil. All comes down to what the local priest will do to accommodate.

[braz83]

Cheers lads. Won’t be my decision, but my instinct would be that burial without a Mass wouldn’t be what she would have wanted.

[TreatyStones]

@braz83

Cheers lads. Won’t be my decision, but my instinct would be that burial without a Mass wouldn’t be what she would have wanted.

Same thing happened with my Grandmother, died holy Thursday. Can’t remember exactly what happened, but I think the mass and burial had to be delayed until Easter Monday.

[KinvarasPassion]

Had an awkward moment at a funeral recently. Daughter of the deceased and myself would have been briefly acquainted nearly 2 decades ago and I wouldn’t have seen the lady in over a decade. I would have known her Dad fairly well and was there to pay my respects.

Anyway, when it came to the shaking hands bit she arose swiftly up and threw the arms around me and kinda held on for more than 10 seconds or more and then pulled me in again for another round of it. I didn’t know what to say, she was in bits in fairness. I think I mumbled something about him being a great lad and how he’ll be greatly missed and I moved on.

I was fairly shook after it.

[Horsebox]

[QUOTE=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 1126851, member: 686”]Had an awkward moment at a funeral recently. Daughter of the deceased and myself would have been briefly acquainted nearly 2 decades ago and I wouldn’t have seen the lady in over a decade. I would have known her Dad fairly well and was there to pay my respects.

Anyway, when it came to the shaking hands bit she arose swiftly up and threw the arms around me and kinda held on for more than 10 seconds or more and then pulled me in again for another round of it. I didn’t know what to say, she was in bits in fairness. I think I mumbled something about him being a great lad and how he’ll be greatly missed and I moved on.

I was fairly shook after it.[/QUOTE]
Had she big tits?

[Julio_Geordio]

@Kinvara's Passion

Daughter of the deceased and myself would have been briefly acquainted nearly 2 decades ago and I wouldn’t have seen the lady in over a decade.

Acquainted how?

[KinvarasPassion]

@Julio Geordio

Acquainted how?

I had her locked in a shed for a few days mate

Shifted a few times, went to cinema a few times, that was it.

[artfoley]

@Kinvara's Passion

I had her locked in a shed for a few days mate

so she put the passion in @Kinvara’s Passion

[KinvarasPassion]

@Horsebox

Had she big tits?

No mate.

[Spidey]

A mate turned up to the afters of a funeral in a pair of khaki shorts on a not particularly warm day (he was coming from the gym). Got absolutely lambasted for it.

[Julio_Geordio]

[QUOTE=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 1126855, member: 686”]I had her locked in a shed for a few days mate

Shifted a few times, went to cinema a few times, that was it.[/QUOTE]

Has she still got “it”*?

*Assuming she had “it” in the first place

[KinvarasPassion]

@Spidey

A mate turned up to the afters of a funeral in a pair of khaki shorts on a not particularly warm day (he was coming from the gym). Got absolutely lambasted for it.

Did he engage his core as he rounded the coffin?

[Spidey]

@Kinvara's Passion

Did he engage his core as he rounded the coffin?

The coffin was in the ground mate. He was just there for soup and sambos.