The coffin was borne through the village to the churchyard by six or eight bearers of the same age and sex as the deceased.

Thus young maidens in white carried the remains of the girl with whom they had lately sported.

Boys took their playfellow and companion to the churchyard.

The young married woman was borne by matrons; the men of middle age did the same office for their contemporary....

The worship of the little church was, as may be supposed, extremely simple, and yet even there innovation and refinement had appeared in the musical department.