lich-wake

Definitions

1. 1

   The wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.

   • In some parts of Scotland is still kept up the custon of Lyke-wake (Lich-wake), or watching beside the dead body before its burial.
   • Funeral rites in the house (lich wakes) should be avoided out of regard for the health of the members of the family.
   • The custom of the "lich-wake," corresponding largely with the surviving Irish custom of waking the dead, had not then died out in Scotland, and in Monifieth was frequently practised.

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