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I've borne the pall twice, once for my grandmother and once for an older cousin who was military. I was only twelve or so for my cousin's funeral, the most weight is obviously around the centre/middle/upper of the coffin, more material where it flairs out and that's where the most body weight is, so I was put down the bottom for my cousin's. Didn't struggle but I guess my share was being taken up by other bearers, I was more or less there for a show of support.I saw a coffin taken from the site at the farm. This got me thinking about the weight. I was a pall bearer at least once in Ireland and I can not remember it as being too heavy. I was once a pall bearer here. 6 men and a lad in the front and the back. I think I was the lad at the back or the corner back. But going into the Church was up 6 or 8!steps. Some of the other pricks must have been lifting fuck all because I was lifting about 150 lbs myself and nearly passed out with the strain because there was no choice but to carry it.
So the question i s, who here has carried a coffin and what weight are we talking. Google says it could be as light as 45 lbs. ???
I thought it wold be closer to a 100 or more.
i know that here, one weakling might be ok but no more, because it is a serious weight and usually a dolley type apparatus is used.
I certainly will not easily forget the pressure on me that day
For my grandmother's I was older and more or less full sized at that point and was put in the middle/maybe at the front, can't quite be sure. I do remember thinking how heavy it was given she was such a small lady.