Death provides us with some of our very best folklore. Some fear it, 
some embrace it, and most have pretty firm ideas about what happens 
when we die. Although some people may not want to discuss dying, 
it happens to all of us—and there's no way to get around it.

    This publication of the Texas Folklore Society examines the lore of 
death and whatever happens afterward. The first chapter examines 
places where people are buried, either permanently or temporarily. 
Chapter two features articles about how people die and the rituals 
associated with funerals and burials. The third chapter explores some 
of the stranger stories about what happens after we're gone, and the 
last chapter offers some philosophical musings about death in 
general, as well as our connection to those who have gone before.

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KENNETH L. UNTIEDT is the Secretary-Editor of the Texas 
Folklore Society and teaches English at Stephen F. Austin State 
University. He earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees 
from Texas Tech University. He and his wife Tierney have four 
children and live in Nacogdoches, Texas.


Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LXV


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