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<p>[QUOTE="OldDan, post: 44295, member: 1872"]Well, as I remember it (and I do remember it) the funeral director's would place coins on the eyelids of the dead to keep them from opening at the wrong time. After death the muscles do funny things, and until these are set in their final position this was one of the methods used. The coins would be removed prior to the funeral and, sorry Terry, you left exactly as you enter this old world. Very often these coins would be kept as a keepsake to remember the person who had passed away. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="OldDan, post: 44295, member: 1872"]Well, as I remember it (and I do remember it) the funeral director's would place coins on the eyelids of the dead to keep them from opening at the wrong time. After death the muscles do funny things, and until these are set in their final position this was one of the methods used. The coins would be removed prior to the funeral and, sorry Terry, you left exactly as you enter this old world. Very often these coins would be kept as a keepsake to remember the person who had passed away. :)[/QUOTE]
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