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The way of laying out of the corpse while it was still in the house has changed over time. The oldest way was to put it on the bed. Later on, the corpse was placed in a coffin in the death chamber. Sometime later, the coffin was placed in the most important room of the house in the southern Basque Country, while it could be in a specially prepared mortuary area in the hallway of the house in the northern Basque Country (lying within France).
== The coffin. hilkutxa Hilkutxa ==
The custom of burying the body in wooden coffins was already widespread by the turn of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. They were initially homemade, although they were preferably the work of local carpenters. Subsequently, they have been purchased from funeral homes that offer a wide range of types, qualities and finishes.
== Trolleys and stretchers. andak Andak eta kolportak ==
Even though historical documents frequently refer to the use of stretchers or trolleys, the answers of the interviewees – in the majority of places surveyed – indicate that the practice had fallen out of use some time ago or that, in any event, it was restricted to special tasks. Some of them had not heard anything about them. In other cases, these are of modern production and have been used to make it easier to take the coffin to the church or cemetery.
== Burning the pallet. lastaira Lastaira erre ==
In the early part of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, it was very common in the Basque Country to burn the pallet of the bed in which someone had died.