Cages On Graves. — after burial, the families would hire or organize a group to watch cemeteries at night or, if financially able, would use a. mortsafes, metal cages that covered the grave, became popular with those who could afford them. correctly known as mortsafes, these iron cages or frames would have been placed over recently dug graves to protect the inhabitants from being. The rich could afford vaults, mausoleums and heavy tombstones. Mortsafes were iron cages put around a grave to prevent the corpse of the deceased from being stolen. because of this, mortsafes, also known as mortcages, became extremely popular around 1816. Some still survive in cemeteries in the u.k. — people in victorian england were so afraid of zombies and vampires that they built cages to trap the undead in their graves in case the corpse reanimated. — many people were determined to protect the graves of newly deceased friends and relatives.
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because of this, mortsafes, also known as mortcages, became extremely popular around 1816. correctly known as mortsafes, these iron cages or frames would have been placed over recently dug graves to protect the inhabitants from being. Mortsafes were iron cages put around a grave to prevent the corpse of the deceased from being stolen. mortsafes, metal cages that covered the grave, became popular with those who could afford them. The rich could afford vaults, mausoleums and heavy tombstones. — after burial, the families would hire or organize a group to watch cemeteries at night or, if financially able, would use a. Some still survive in cemeteries in the u.k. — people in victorian england were so afraid of zombies and vampires that they built cages to trap the undead in their graves in case the corpse reanimated. — many people were determined to protect the graves of newly deceased friends and relatives.
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Cages On Graves correctly known as mortsafes, these iron cages or frames would have been placed over recently dug graves to protect the inhabitants from being. because of this, mortsafes, also known as mortcages, became extremely popular around 1816. Some still survive in cemeteries in the u.k. mortsafes, metal cages that covered the grave, became popular with those who could afford them. correctly known as mortsafes, these iron cages or frames would have been placed over recently dug graves to protect the inhabitants from being. — after burial, the families would hire or organize a group to watch cemeteries at night or, if financially able, would use a. Mortsafes were iron cages put around a grave to prevent the corpse of the deceased from being stolen. The rich could afford vaults, mausoleums and heavy tombstones. — many people were determined to protect the graves of newly deceased friends and relatives. — people in victorian england were so afraid of zombies and vampires that they built cages to trap the undead in their graves in case the corpse reanimated.
