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Joyful Public Speaking (from fear to joy): More people fear being buried alive than fear public speaking
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The medieval wake was instigated because people used lead cups to drink ale or whiskey. When found lying on the side of the road they would be taken for dead, prepared for
![Being Buried Alive Was So Common in the Victorian Era That Doctors Used these 10 Methods to Prevent It Being Buried Alive Was So Common in the Victorian Era That Doctors Used these 10 Methods to Prevent It](https://cdn.historycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/prematureburial.jpg.CROP_.promo-large2.jpg)
Being Buried Alive Was So Common in the Victorian Era That Doctors Used these 10 Methods to Prevent It
Did the Victorians have a bell which was attached to the coffin in case someone had been buried alive? - Quora
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The bell that a person to ring if they wake up after being buried alive - Изображение Bonaventure Cemetery, Саванна - Tripadvisor
![The term saved by the bell. Comes from a fear of being buried alive. String was tied to the dead persons wrist and passed through the coffin lid, up through the ground The term saved by the bell. Comes from a fear of being buried alive. String was tied to the dead persons wrist and passed through the coffin lid, up through the ground](https://preview.redd.it/4n2ldlh87s251.jpg?auto=webp&s=0c2b95d280e093d5c10d85a17f88efb56465eb49)