As the saying goes, “If you haven’t paid for your coffin by thirty, you’re asking for trouble.”
By middle age, you should have a coffin prepared for yourself. If something unexpected happens, you don’t want to be caught unprepared.
A coffin is also called an old house, and it comes with many taboos. Accidentally breaking one might offend the dead, which is the least of your worries. In the worst cases, it can bring ruin to your entire family.
But the greatest taboo of all is this: a living person in a dead man’s coffin!