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When a friend died some years ago, I visited his grave and left to quarters as payment for the "ferryman" to get him into the underworld. It was traditional centuries past to put a coin in the dead person's mouth or two pennies on their eyes for this purpose. I just figured with inflation being what it is....
I know someone who visited his brother's grave and left coins (I never asked how much) in payment for a coffee he'd borrowed to pay for...
And my brother says when a friend bet him he'd died first, he left coins at his friends grave...
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What does two consecutive quarters mean?
a day
What is the number of quarters in x dollars mean in math and it doesnt say what x is?
Quarters = 4(Dollars)
How many dimes nickels and quarters make up 500?
If by 500 you mean 500 cents then : 50 dimes or 100 nickels or 20 quarters. If you mean 500 dollars then: 5,000 dimes or 10,000 nickels or 2,000 quarters.
How many quarters are in gallon?
I think you mean quarts and there are 4
How many 1979 no mint quarters were made?
If you mean 1979 quarters without mintmarks? 515,708,000 were released into circulation from the Philadelphia mint. 1980 was the first year a "P" mintmark was used on quarters.
What do you mean grave?
Grave
What is the Spanish word for grave?
if you mean grave is in where the dead rest its : tumba if you mean grave as in "shes grave danger" its : grave but you say the "a" like "ahh" and you say the "e" like "eh"
What does with grave sincerity mean?
grave sincerity means dead serious
How many quarters are in a cup?
What kind of "quarters" -or do you mean QUARTS.
What does cest toujours aussi grave mean?
this is still as serious / grave / important
How much money is 15 quarters?
Quarters are called that because they are worth one quarter of a dollar. Therefore, 4 quarters are worth one dollar; 8 quarters are worth 2 dollars; 12 quarters are worth 3 dollars. 15 quarters is 12 quarters with 3 left over. Therefore 15 quarters is 3 and 3/4 dollars . And as three and 3/4 we mean $3.75.
What serious and grave mean?
solemn
What does panteon mean?
The grave/pantheon
What does quarters mean in the sentence in the basment of the house was used as the servants quarters?
Place of residence.
What does Rip on a grave mean?
Rest In Peace
What is the significance between science and technology?
Depends on what you mean by significance.
What is the significance of the great sphinx at Giza?
what do you mean by significance?
