Death became a family affaire when took place, life was very short lived in the 1800s so the morning part was long wined tridition following in the footsteps of queen victoria whom morned for fourtys years for her husband. this eventually took ahold of everyone and became fashionable to morn for a long period of time after a loved one had passed.
Ladies would usually have manual suggesting how long they should mourn and what to wear, this was called "The Queen and cassels"
mirrors were cover with black fabric and a person in deep morning didn't attend an social events for up to a year.
Its a known fact that they took weeks to bury there dead as they feared that they could wake up in there coffins alive, if this ever did happen the person more then likly sliped into a coma and awoke before being buried.
They would also bury the dead with a string attached to there finger, joined to bell above the grave just incase they woke they can pull it and alert the living!!
There was also profescinal morners. you would pay them to turn up and howl and cry at your funeral. the people with the most mourners were obvisoly loved more hahahah
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