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Why are undertakers so called?

Question

Why are undertakers so called? Where did the name originate?
David, Godalming

Answer

Name: Steve, Bromley
Qualification: Undertakes word answers
Answer: If someone dies, you go to the local carpenter who makes a coffin and then undertakes the funeral, so they became known as an undertaker.

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