Suicides
were formerly buried ignominiously on the high-road, with a
stake thrust through their body, and without Christian rites. (Chambers: Encyclopædia, lx. p. 184, col. 1.)
They buried Ben at four cross roads,
With a stake in his inside.
Hood: Faithless Nelly Gray.
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