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The length of mourning depended on your relationship to the deceased. The different periods of mourning dictated by society were expected to reflect your natural period of grief. Widows were expected to wear full mourning for two years.
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www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/mourning/
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In this regard, mourning can pertain at various times to specific rituals, particular outward signs (e.g., black clothes or an arm-band), the identification of who is to be recognized as bereaved, and a specified time period during which signs of grief can be shown. ... There is no general time frame for the length of mourning,
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www.deathreference.com/Me-Nu/Mourning.html
www.deathreference.com/Me-Nu/Mourning.html
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The closeness of one's relation to the deceased determined the length of the mourning period. Parents and children mourned for one year, starting with deep mourning and discarding it by degrees. A brother, sister or grandparent was mourned for six months, an aunt or uncle for three months and a first cousin for six weeks.
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MOURNING ETIQUETTE; The etiquette of mourning was strict and the rules intricate; it was easy to make a mistake. The women's journals of the period are full of anxious requests for clarification, ... LENGTH OF MOURNING FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS; Husband - 6 months - only had to wear a black arm band and could still...
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www.wcwa.net/Civilians/mourning.htm
www.wcwa.net/Civilians/mourning.htm
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Five Stages of Mourning ... Pets that are terminally ill or aging appear to go through a final period of withdrawal. This is by no means a suggestion that they are aware of their own mortality, only that physical decline may be sufficient to produce a similar response.
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www.greaterswiss.com/mourning.htm
www.greaterswiss.com/mourning.htm
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When a person dies, close relatives usually spend a certain period of time in mourning. The length of the mourning period depends upon the tie, which existed between the deceased and members of the bereaved family.
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The College of Cardinals will also declare an official mourning period of nine days, called the Novendiales*, which during the Vacancy after the death of Pope John Paul II began on the day of the funeral, counted as Day 1 of the Novendiales. ... A religious festival of nine days length, or, the ceremonies honoring a...
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www.ewtn.com/holysee/Interregnum/mourning.asp
www.ewtn.com/holysee/Interregnum/mourning.asp
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The length of the mourning period varies with on the mourner's relation to the deceased. For all but parents, avelut, the mourning period, ends with shloshim, thirty days after the funeral. For parents, the mourning period lasts a full Hebrew year.
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www.uscj.org/soeast/columbus/mourning_custom.htm
www.uscj.org/soeast/columbus/mourning_custom.htm
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it just happens the time length is a bit longer this year." ... Tibetans mark their new year with mourning period; by Tini Tran, Associated Press; February 25th, 2009;
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