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1 November 2024

  • curprev 19:2419:24, 1 November 2024‎ Randylyon talk contribs‎ 466 bytes +466‎ Created page with "PAUPERS' FIELD. Found in most cemeteries was a section of land reserved for the poor who generally did not have the money to purchase a plot or even a casket. Single graves were referred to as "potter's graves", a term which began in biblical times. The high priests of Jerusalem purchased land for the burial of strangers or strangers, criminals, and the poor. This land had generally been mined for its potters' clay leaving it unusable for farming. --- Source:"
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