I always wonder why a burial ground is always six feet,what if the tallest man on earth died,will he also be buried using six feet?

Gbosa!!! 6ix feet down aree gone.

Gbosa!!! 6ix feet down are gone.

(singing d'banj's 'Bleep you up' )me i no know.

It all begin as a tradition during the Black Plague in England. The bodies of the deceased were buried six feet under so that there would be no way possible of the disease spreading. Also, it was an ideal depth, since soil erosion occurs and people were only buried in wooden boxes. When the soil erodes, the wooden boxes that the dead was placed in would have rotten and having the bodies that far under would decrease the chance of the bones later rising back up to top and exposing healthy people to toxins from the decomposition.

You're welcome.

morethanadoll:
It all begin as a tradition during the Black Plague in England. The bodies of the deceased were buried six feet under so that there would be no way possible of the disease spreading. Also, it was an ideal depth, since soil erosion occurs and people were only buried in wooden boxes. When the soil erodes, the wooden boxes that the dead was placed in would have rotten and having the bodies that far under would decrease the chance of the bones later rising back up to top and exposing healthy people to toxins from the decomposition.

You're welcome.

you are brilliant..... I like you

phlio:
you are brilliant..... I like you

Thanks, but brilliant? Nah. It is only some middle school history knowledge and my love for history in general. #geek

morethanadoll:


Thanks, but brilliant? Nah. It is only some middle school history knowledge and my love for history in general. #geek

you are brilliant.. well I love history epe the medieval period stone age and history of west Africa .....I don't mind the history of Uganda.... tell me ur speciality

phlio:
you are brilliant.. well I love history epe the medieval period stone age and history of west Africa .....I don't mind the history of Uganda.... tell me ur speciality

To be specific, Tudor dynasty, Queen Elizabeth's and Queen Mary's reign, Victorian era

morethanadoll:


To be specific, Tudor dynasty, Queen Elizabeth's and Queen Mary's reign, Victorian era

hmmmm I see so? what abt d aspect of literature.... are u into literature

phlio:
hmmmm I see so? what abt d aspect of literature.... are u into literature

Yes. Shakespeare.

morethanadoll:


Yes. Shakespeare.

copy cat....I love Shakespeare ESP measure for measure and Hamlet,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Macbeth,
in Africa setting I love wole soyinka and jp Clark

phlio:
copy cat....I love Shakespeare ESP measure for measure and Hamlet,
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Macbeth,
in Africa setting I love wole soyinka and jp Clark

I will copy all day in the name of good literature! lol Romeo and Juliet, of course, The Tempest, and King Lear, and The Sonnets are my other favorites.

morethanadoll:


I will copy all day in the name of good literature! lol Romeo and Juliet, of course, The Tempest, and King Lear, and The Sonnets are my other favorites.

king Lear....I love Cordelia and glochester in that play...then u must also be involved in stage plays ..

phlio:
king Lear....I love Cordelia and glochester in that play...then u must also be involved in stage plays ..

I'm too shy for the stage. I took a literature class in college that was all about Shakespeare and his literature.

morethanadoll:

I'm too shy for the stage. I took a literature class in college that was all about Shakespeare and his literature.

I have this feeling u will be good for stage plays epe with a good director and script..... just that u r yet to discover that aspect

phlio:
I have this feeling u will be good for stage plays epe with a good director and script..... just that u r yet to discover that aspect

I'll stick to reading it. haha

morethanadoll:

I'll stick to reading it. haha

funny tho ....I understand.... nice knowing u abit

phlio:
funny tho ....I understand.... nice knowing u abit

same here

The digger of the hole decides the depth. The ideal depth for a grave digger in the olden days is as deep as he can go before not being able to pull himself out... 6 feet is as deep as the average person can handle to reach to pull themseves out of a hole... The Grave diggers of old were simple peasants that could not afford ladders and advanced digging equipment.. They dug with a simple hand digger and that was it...