Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America

What was the purpose of body bags as noted in the nonfiction book, Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America?

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In the border regions of England and Scotland during the 1600s, the dead were buried wrapped in fabric rather than put into coffins. Coffins were generally prohibitively expensive due, in part, to the shortage of wood.

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Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America, BookRags