{"id":172,"date":"2013-06-26T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2014-01-08T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T17:24:32","slug":"bearing-the-coffin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/funeral-customs\/bearing-the-coffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearing the coffin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, pallbearers were absolutely essential to a funeral\u00a0&#8211; their role was to\u00a0carry the coffin from the ceremony to the graveside. In modern day, the role of the pallbearer has become symbolic.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8216;pallbearer&#8217;\u00a0comes from the\u00a0word &#8216;pall&#8217;, which historically is the heavy cloth that is draped over a coffin, and a person that would carry it and place it over the coffin. Today, the term &#8216;pallbearer&#8217; is used to describe someone who bears the coffin.<\/p>\n<p>Maddock have bearers to carry the coffin on their shoulders, with the funeral director walking a few paces in front. In recent times, many mourners now prefer to carry the coffin themselves when possible. It can be seen as a mark of respect for family and friends to perform this duty, whether carrying the coffin or bearing it on their shoulders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, pallbearers were absolutely essential to a funeral\u00a0&#8211; their role was to\u00a0carry the coffin from the ceremony to the graveside. In modern day, the role of the pallbearer has become symbolic. The term &#8216;pallbearer&#8217;\u00a0comes from the\u00a0word &#8216;pall&#8217;, which historically is the heavy cloth that is draped over a coffin, and a person that would carry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-third-level.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}