Exactly what I thought, much better expressed. Ralph In a message dated 6/25/2010 6:32:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I vote bullshit I second. It defies any thrifty logic to think that our forebears would spend the time and energy to fabricate a door that was used only to haul a corpse out of the house every 25 years. Proveittometwybil -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 10:54 pm Subject: Re: [BP] Front door(s) In a message dated 6/24/2010 8:23:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) writes: What, pray tell, is a mourning door? for moving a casket out of a parlor And why (and how) is this door different from all other doors? Are members of the non-deceased community enjoined from using such a door except in the course of pall-bearing? I didn't think so. I vote bullshit. But will strike my runny colors if you provide a period reference to this. Ralph -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: _http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html_ (http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html) -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>