Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 692
ts of Ockley or Acleain Surrey had a custom here, time immemorial, of plant-ing rose trees in the graves, especially by the young men ^ Cf. Gomme, Sir L., Folklore as an Historic Science, p. 44. peteks ouch Allies (V75 XII.] and maidens that have lost their lovers, and the church-yard is now full… … Fig. •421.—From Tlw Age <if tlw Saints (Borlase, W. C), cruce Boda. The expression Gods Acre still survives,seemingly from that remote time when St. Kit of Royston,the pre-Christian God, was worshipped at innumerableGodshills, Godstones, Gaddesdens, and Goodacres. Tradition asserts that the…
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