Shroud

The shroud is a white, usually decorated shirt, be clothed with the dead. Previously, this was a long, the Dead belonging tunic. Today, the deceased is usually provided by the funeral director for burial with their own clothing.

In Scottish folklore, there is the legend of the bean - nighe ( " Washerwomen at the ford "). These are, according to legend, the spirits of deceased at birth mothers, wash the shrouds of their children.