I'll be out and about talking about Traditions of Death and Burial in 2020: @U3A_UK Thornbury 17 January & Nailsea 25 August, also Westbury Family History Society @HeritageWSHC 26 March.
@david_castleton Look out for Shire's 'Traditions of Death and Burial' coming in September. Helen Frisby relates other such traditions, such as covering mirrors and ringing the 'passing bell'