41 Strange on Twitter: "In Victorian era, funeral "mutes" were hired mourners. Their job was to attend a funeral, simulating grief, and saying nothing… https://t.co/33qeYmgJKt"

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1. SostieneNatalia‏ @SostieneNatalia 13 Apr 2018
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  In Spain we used to have "plañideras", mourners paid to cry at funerals.pic.twitter.com/CUmjyw5zVE
  
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1. pilastr agonistes‏ @pilastr 13 Apr 2018
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  See also, bagpipes.
  
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1. RAB‏ @_RAB___ 13 Apr 2018
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  Was the pay any good ?
  
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1. FEY/KABAH/LODVG‏ @feykabahlodvg 14 Apr 2018
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  They still exist, or at least until recently on some parts of the world.
  
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1. Vincent‏ @VGDONTPANIC 13 Apr 2018
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  This needs to be a resurgence
  
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1. ‏ @swiftlyswitters 13 Apr 2018
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  Seems like a good job, unless it's summertime.
  
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1. RoseVirus V1‏ @RogueHanzo 13 Apr 2018
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  I find this fascinating. Sounds like a good occupation for a funeral. Like how in egypt they had mute mourners whom would wail as the deceased body was carried to its burial site
  
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1. Victoria‏ @Sonse2014 13 Apr 2018
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  This is sad as hell....I’m muting
  
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1. Schimnesthai ‏ @Schimnesthai 13 Apr 2018
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  This job should be back.
  
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1. Damian Hill‏ @McMonkfish 13 Apr 2018
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  Pet shop boys gone goth
  
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1. J.F. Luiña Bousquet‏ @hwanphee 13 Apr 2018
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  My perfect job.
  
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