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Burial shroud

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Luckygirl3 Tue 21-Apr-26 22:01:05

I saw a programme tonight in which a woman in Scotland was making wool burial shrouds. Hers had lovely hand embroidery on but you can have plain ones.
It seems they are usually bought with a stretcher type base for carrying made of cheap wood, bamboo or wicker.
I have often thought that coffins were a waste of good wood and of money.
Anyone been to a funeral where a shroud was used?

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Basgetti Tue 21-Apr-26 22:03:08

Do cemeteries have specific requirements?
Cremation is my choice.

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NotSpaghetti Tue 21-Apr-26 23:00:37

I think you need something solid under a shroud for "handling" purposes - whether cremation or burial.

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keepingquiet Tue 21-Apr-26 23:01:59

When I was young I used to visit my grandma and being curious, was always nosing around.
One day I found a long white robe in a drawer and asked her what it was.
'My shroud,' she said, 'I'm going to be buried in it.'

I miss my Grandma.

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FoghornLeghorn Tue 21-Apr-26 23:21:30

This brings to mind an episode when I was a student nurse. The ward linen cupboard was actually a small room and on this particular day the lightbulb had blown. I was getting a patient ready for surgery and went into said cupboard to get him a theatre gown. He was somewhat surprised to find that in my fumbling in the dark I had picked up not a theatre gown but a shroud! Fortunately he had a good sense of humour and it certainly amused the other men in his bay.

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