RE: Question about pitch of underground drainage pipe. Usually perforated pipes are bedded in gravel. When water accumulates in the gravel it'll bubble up in the perforated pipe and at some point it'll discharge out the end. Perforated pipes do not need to be placed on a design slope like a gravity pipe.
Funeral procession arriving at the church. The coffin is covered with an elaborate red pall. A pall (also called mortcloth) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English. It is also a stiffened square card covered with white linen, usually embroidered with a cross or some other appropriate symbol.
Palsy is an abbreviation of paralysis, a physical condition involving the loss or reduction of motion in some part or parts of the body, usually due to nerve damage or some nerve-related disorder. It is something that many humans, young and old, have unfortunately experienced since ancient times.