I was given a little card at my great aunt's funeral by the undertaker. It had an outline of a coffin on it with six tiny circles at evenly spaced out points around the edge of the coffin. One of them was a completely black dot. This indicated my position when lowering her actual coffin with ropes into her grave. My own late father, also an undertaker said this was peculiar to Scottish burials.

At the wake, we had a dram and some oatmeal biscuits, as well as other food and drink. The dram and oatmeal biscuits were the minimum to be offered to all guests travelling, from whatever distance, and also fitted in with Highland hospitality customs.

Slainte

Bruce