Sunday, August 10, 2014

Remember Me ~

When I am Dead
and In the Ground
And all my Bones are Rotten…
Remember Me
when This you See
Lest I should be
Forgotten…

the Victorian people celebrated the lives of their beloved deceased
by combining their hair into beautiful wreaths ~









~ Jewelry that contained bits of hair, 
a photograph 
or sentiment of the deceased
was worn in remembrance of them...














Widows would dress in 'Full Mourning' clothes
...for the full first year of their husband's departure ~




Families would often be photographed facing backwards ~
in respect for the belief that your face should not be seen during mourning ~




Strange, but comforting rituals 
that have themselves,
...been laid to rest….

{photographs courtesy of Pinterest}

Blessed be!
Lori

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