Edward Bedingfield died 10th June 1929 © Godric Godricson |
"Both the rich man and the poor man die, and both are salted for the pit" [Maltese saying]
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Edward Bedingfield - Kalkara
Labels:
Bedingfield,
cemetery,
Kalkara,
Malta,
Stele
Location:
Kalkara, Malta
Pagan shrine to Church
Section of the Dolmen Chapel of the Seven Sleepers near Plouaret |
Later came stone circles and megalithic monuments in various forms, whence the connection is direct to cathedrals such as Chartres, which is said to be built largely from the remains of the prehistoric megaliths which originally stood there. There are chapels in Brittany and elsewhere built over pagan monoliths; indeed no new faith can ever do more than superimpose itself upon an older one, and statements about the wise and tender treatment of the old nature worship by the Church are euphemisms for the bald fact that Christianity, finding it impracticable to wean the heathen from their obdurate beliefs, made the best of the situation by decreeing its feasts to coincide with pre-existing festivals."
Title: Archaic England
An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic
Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and
Faerie Superstitions
Author: Harold Bayley
Labels:
Archaeology,
Megalith,
monument
Location:
Plouaret, France
Anglican Cemetery Management
Location:
Swaffham, Norfolk, UK
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
James Whitcomb Riley
I cannot say and I will not say
That she is dead, she is just
away.
With a cheery smile and a wave of hand
She has wandered
into an unknown land;
And left us dreaming how very fair
Its
needs must be, since she lingers there.
And you-oh you, who the wildest yearn
From the old-time step and
the glad return-
Think of her faring on, as dear
In the love of
there, as the love of here
Think of her still the same way, I
say;
She is not dead, she is just away.
Swaffham - War Dead
Labels:
Buckeridge,
Regester,
Swaffham,
War dead
Location:
Swaffham, Norfolk, UK
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