Taking money put into the dead's mouth is Thai people's belief for a long time including the other countries. There are many differences of the matters of practice of its performing. The way of Thai people's practice is taking a bullet money, one or two satang and wrap it together with a white cloth and then it is tied with a string and is slack into the dead's mouth. If the string isn't tied, a white cloth which wrap these things should have a big enough size to enable to slack it pin to the dead's neck. The descendants can keep it where the corpse was already cremated to use be a talisman

In the present time, they probably use the valvable things such as gold which is brought to replace money and put it into the dead's mouth. There are believes about this custom as follows:

First, Thai people believe that taking money amount to one or two baht to put into the dead's mouth to be a treasure for it to use in the ghost town, on the other hand, Chinese takes gold and silver paper to cremate or the dead.

Second, everyone realizes that the treasure is collected during you are alive, you can't bring it to follow you to everywhere when you die. Even the money that is put into the dead's mouth, finally it will be kept by someone. But there is only one thing which can follow closely you everywhere that is a sin. So someone commits a sin, he or she will have to make reparation of sins. For that reason, don't be chamored with treasure but be usually make merit as a result that the he receives the wages for a Alabus (it is the amount of money). For that reason, an ancient Greek brings money for a Alabus to put under the dead's tongue to use be the wages for karone who will send its spirit towar the ghost town. When its spirit arrives at the ghost town, it will be question about its good and bad behavior during its living. In a case of the dead who usually makes merit, it will be sent to a paradise where is called that "Elecsium" and it enable to inhabit happily over there for a thousand. When the completely time, it will be sent to reborn on the earth by practising follow as follows that is it will have to drink water which is in Leechee River to make be fogetten about its backgroung. In a case of the dead who alway commits the sins, it will be sent to go to the hell where is called that "Hadese". For the tradition of European who respects Christian's ideology will take a penney coin to lay on the dead's eye socket to be a wages for undertaker who will bring the corpse to cross the dead river.

The belief of Hinder is taking a little money and milled rice to put into the dead's mouth

For the Singpoe, who is backwoodsmen of Burma, prepares clothes to dress the corpse, and also take a little pork, rice and drink to use be the offerings including money which put into the dead's mouth. If the dead is aleader of backwoodsmen will take crystal under the armpits and then put into the coffin. For the Chinese, will money which put into the dead's mouth and to burn papers

The source of information : Custom about history of Satieankoset