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You'd be buried with a bell, so in case you woke up (weren't really dead), you could ring it and be rescued.

Or at least that's the story.



Not buried with it, you'd have a bell tied to you as you sat on a gurney waiting to be buried. They'd leave you for a period of time in case you awoke. There are instance where people were buried with poisons to take in case they woke inside the coffin - at that point its pretty much over for you.




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