WILF 51,814 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 3 hours ago, Bendigo said: If you look at the date on the stone you will see it’s 1924. Back then the swastika was a symbol of welcome, fortune, prosperity and distribution of good fortune. It could be found in religious buildings etc everywhere. The clue is in the angle it’s set at. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bendigo 1,562 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 39 minutes ago, WILF said: If you look at the date on the stone you will see it’s 1924. Back then the swastika was a symbol of welcome, fortune, prosperity and distribution of good fortune. It could be found in religious buildings etc everywhere. The clue is in the angle it’s set at. I always saw it as a very pagan symbol so didn't expect to see it on a Christian gravestone....though it is on a Celtic Cross. The grave yard has a few graves with Masonic symbols on them as well 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,939 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 4 hours ago, Bendigo said: Deutschland Deutschland………. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinytiger 899 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 On 19/01/2024 at 20:37, chartpolski said: On Holy Island, Lindisfarne, there are some headstones with skull and crossbones; they are Freemasons graves. Cheers. Do you know if starfish (on a headstone)mean anything? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinytiger 899 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 4 minutes ago, tinytiger said: Do you know if starfish (on a headstone)mean anything? I googled his name(Furnell) along with freemason, he was grandmaster of Limerick lodge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 32,901 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 I think if it’s rusty starfish means he’s batting for the other side lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,392 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 2 hours ago, tinytiger said: Do you know if starfish (on a headstone)mean anything? Flooding? Yokel 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WataWalloper 4,702 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 Morbid cnuts haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 485 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 There's always a interest in graveyards from the stone masonry design and their skills over the yearson the grave stones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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