Customs and Traditions
In times past, the ground would freeze solid during the cold winter months, thus making it extremely difficult to dig a grave in which to bury the dead. The local customs of the day dictated that the cadavers would be strapped to the roofs of the houses where they would remain relatively well preserved and safe from the ravages of wild animals. Formal burial services would take place during the first spring thaws.
Read more about this topic: Valle Pezzata
Famous quotes containing the words customs and/or traditions:
“The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough annually; they have the idea of the thing, whether they have the reality or not.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I think a Person who is thus terrifyed [sic] with the Imagination of Ghosts and Spectres much more reasonable, than one who contrary to the Reports of all Historians sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the Traditions of all Nations, thinks the Appearance of Spirits fabulous and groundless.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)