My relatives have told my that an old picture I have posted on the internet, believed to be taken somewhere on Islay in the mid 1800s, is from a funeral and that there are no women in the picture because they didn't go to funerals. see photo at: www3.telus.net/artnorma/johnston. Or maybe it just wasn't common for women to be in many photos?? Any comments or thoughts? Norma

Hi Norma, Your right. Women did not go to funerals, especially not the grave. A superstition that lingered until my day was that a pregnant woman should not view a dead body or some harm would come to her unborn child. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Callicott" <norcal@telus.net> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:05 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Did women go to funerals? > My relatives have told my that an old picture I have posted on the internet, believed to be taken somewhere on Islay in the mid 1800s, is from a funeral and that there are no women in the picture because they didn't go to funerals.