Bier

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Baroque bier in Tønder's Christ Church
Guild stretchers in Warkum

A bier used to be a wooden frame on which a dead person was carried to burial . Equipped with two or four wheels and a push handle, the stretcher is mostly made of metal today.

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In the past, the dead person was only covered with a towel . This is no longer permitted in most countries. The deceased is now - fully clothed, or at least in a long shroud - transported in a coffin on the stretcher to the burial or to the laying out ; sometimes the coffin rests open on the stretcher during transport or the funeral in the morgue .

Although less present in everyday life today, the term stretcher is still to be found in proverbs and sayings. The saying "Hope is the walking stick of life from the cradle to the grave" is common. An ironic saying that is intended to make it clear that the life of administration and bureaucracy is determined is: "From the cradle to the grave - forms , forms!"

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