_Burial in an erect Posture_ (Vol. viii., pp. 5. 59. 233. 630.);
_Eulenspiegel_ (Vol. vii., p. 357., &c.).--The German rogue Eulenspiegel
(or Howleglass, as Coplande renders it), of whose adventures "N. & Q." has
had several notices, is another example of upright burial, as the following
passage, translated by Roscoe, shows:
"Howleglass was buried in the year 1350, and his latter end was almost
as odd and as eccentric as his life. For, as they were lowering him
again into the grave, one of the ropes supporting the feet gave way,
and left the coffin in an upright position, so that Howleglass was
still upon his legs. Those who were present then said: 'Come, let us
leave him as he is, for as he was like nobody else when he was alive,
he is resolved to be as queer now he is dead.'"
Accordingly, they left Howleglass bolt upright, as he had fallen; and
placing a stone over his head, on which was cut the figure of an owl with a
looking-glass under his claws, the device of his name, they inscribed round
it the following lines: