The Phantom Hearse | Death Coaches, Corpse Roads and Funerals from the Future

Across Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany and beyond, people have long told stories of ghostly hearses, black coaches and funeral processions seen before a death has happened. Sometimes the sound of wheels is heard on an empty road, sometimes mourners pass silently along an old church path, and sometimes a hearse appears in a mirror before vanishing without trace.

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Research Links:

https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore_survey/chapter3.htm

https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore_survey/index.htm

https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc121.htm

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34853

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53915

https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/folklore-in-the-landscape-the-case-of-corpse-paths/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1751696X.2020.1815291

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1987.9716401

https://experts.mcmaster.ca/scholarly-works/217294

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Sarah and Tobie xx

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