Laid to Rest: Funeral Rites and Final Journeys.

What do our funerals say about us? In this episode of The Shropshire Witches, we explore the rituals, superstitions, and customs that surround death from the practical to the profound. We look at how people have marked the passage from life to death. Some practices linger, others have vanished but the urge to ritualise grief remains.

Expect folklore, history, and a few unexpected truths about how the dead were once honoured and what we’ve chosen to forget.