UNIVERSITY PLACE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARSON JOHN LIVING HISTORY, INC., WELCOMES YOU TO…
Teach Us To Number Our Days: The Art of Funerals and Mourning 1760-1820
Meet the Dowager Baroness, Lady Caroline Linnington, who informs us of the proper way in for your Future which mourning and funerals were done during her time. Portrayed by Carol Jarboe, first- person historical re-enactor, Lady Linnington shares details of funeral etiquette from 1760-1820.
Would you contact an undertaker, a funeral furnisher, or a feather furnisher? Whom do you invite to for your Future the funeral? What funeral gifts should you purchase? Her Ladyship will explain the bier vs. the hearse, the proper pall, the arvil bread, the funeral cake or cookies, the mutes, the underbearers and more.
She will also address the proper mourning clothing and jewelry you should be wearing and the length of time you should wear it. At the conclusion of the program, everyone present should be able to lay out an elegant andfoproypoerusrend off for their dearly beloved.
Seating is limited. Light refreshments will be served.
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