by Scoundral on June 12th, 2005

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Why is it traditional to bury the deceased 6 feet below the ground, why not 5 or 7 feet?

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by plinytheelder on December 2nd, 2006
The ROT about the 6' depth was that no animal was going to dig that deep to get to a body.
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