Exactly what I thought, much better expressed.
Ralph
In a message dated 6/25/2010 6:32:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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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
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Subject: Re: [BP] Front door(s)
In a message dated 6/24/2010 8:23:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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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
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