Of Undertakers and Consolation Beer. An entertaining journey through time into the peculiar history of 19th-century funerals.
Let the Black Widow whisk you away to the 19th century. Learn more about the customs, traditions, and superstitions of our ancestors.
How did our ancestors deal with the topics of dying, death, and mourning? What rituals did they practice? Do you know why you should never call a dying person by name, or what the dove has to do with death? Who or what are “Leichenbitter”? And why did our ancestors immediately know who was being buried when the bells rang? Many of these questions will be answered and rounded out with fascinating firsthand accounts.
Cost: 17 euros
