So the inner circle of the Vatican taps three times on the deceased popes head with a special hammer to check he is dead a strange tradition...

We had a bloke here in Yorkshire that did that in the 70's and they vilified him for it...

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I believe that was because once they started to bury one and he turned out to be still alive - so making sure they are dead before hand seems sensible!