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Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by Mykel4God(m): 5:34pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
I always wonder why a burial ground is always six feet,what if the tallest man on earth died,will he also be buried using six feet? |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by kestolove95(m): 5:37pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
Gbosa!!! 6ix feet down aree gone. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by kestolove95(m): 5:37pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
Gbosa!!! 6ix feet down are gone. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by Nostradamus: 5:41pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
(singing d'banj's 'Bleep you up' )me i no know. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 5:52pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
It all begin as a tradition during the Black Plague in England. The bodies of the deceased were buried six feet under so that there would be no way possible of the disease spreading. Also, it was an ideal depth, since soil erosion occurs and people were only buried in wooden boxes. When the soil erodes, the wooden boxes that the dead was placed in would have rotten and having the bodies that far under would decrease the chance of the bones later rising back up to top and exposing healthy people to toxins from the decomposition. You're welcome. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:01pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:you are brilliant..... I like you |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:05pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio: Thanks, but brilliant? Nah. It is only some middle school history knowledge and my love for history in general. #geek |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:08pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:you are brilliant.. well I love history epe the medieval period stone age and history of west Africa .....I don't mind the history of Uganda.... tell me ur speciality |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:13pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio: To be specific, Tudor dynasty, Queen Elizabeth's and Queen Mary's reign, Victorian era |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:17pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:hmmmm I see so? what abt d aspect of literature.... are u into literature |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:19pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio: Yes. Shakespeare. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:22pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:copy cat....I love Shakespeare ESP measure for measure and Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, in Africa setting I love wole soyinka and jp Clark |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:25pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio: I will copy all day in the name of good literature! lol Romeo and Juliet, of course, The Tempest, and King Lear, and The Sonnets are my other favorites. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:28pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:king Lear....I love Cordelia and glochester in that play...then u must also be involved in stage plays .. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:30pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio:I'm too shy for the stage. I took a literature class in college that was all about Shakespeare and his literature. |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:32pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:I have this feeling u will be good for stage plays epe with a good director and script..... just that u r yet to discover that aspect |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:35pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio:I'll stick to reading it. haha |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by phlio(m): 6:38pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
morethanadoll:funny tho ....I understand.... nice knowing u abit |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by morethanadoll(f): 6:48pm On Mar 18, 2015 |
phlio:same here |
Re: Why Is A Burial Ground Always Six Feet? by 19naia(m): 4:25am On Mar 19, 2015 |
The digger of the hole decides the depth. The ideal depth for a grave digger in the olden days is as deep as he can go before not being able to pull himself out... 6 feet is as deep as the average person can handle to reach to pull themseves out of a hole... The Grave diggers of old were simple peasants that could not afford ladders and advanced digging equipment.. They dug with a simple hand digger and that was it... |
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