In the Dickens story, A ********* Carol, why does Jacob Marley have his head tied up as though he has a tooth ache?

In the Dickens story, A ********* Carol, why does Jacob Marley have his head tied up as though he has a tooth ache?
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No toothache. He’s dead. His jaw is tied up because it’s gone slack, as a corpse’s does. But he has to untie it to speak. (We won’t demand too much logic or fidelity to real life when it comes to ghosts.)
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