tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post7158740338658742226..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Sunday. East Bergholt.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-42136049132568509892009-05-14T11:28:00.000+12:002009-05-14T11:28:00.000+12:00There is a belief that yews were planted in church...There is a belief that yews were planted in churchyards to protect animals from grazing on them, while providing archers with wood, but it seems this is false. However it is, our churchyards are often full of them. I think there was a belief that they would protect us from evil, so maybe that was why.<br /><br />I LOVE the bell cage! Next time I am in Essex, I'm going to look for it!jayhttp://www.thedeppeffect.com/1075/abc-wednesday-the-letter-q-2/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-58873329834755247912009-05-13T13:01:00.000+12:002009-05-13T13:01:00.000+12:00Emily - Thank you - no, this is a trip N and I did...Emily - Thank you - no, this is a trip N and I did 3 years ago...<br />That is interesting about ancient yews... I didn't know that.<br />Debby ... Mmm, me too.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-19372648482038387412009-05-13T08:41:00.000+12:002009-05-13T08:41:00.000+12:00I love cemetaries!I love cemetaries!Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402290416842014198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-85702302605842456552009-05-13T08:18:00.000+12:002009-05-13T08:18:00.000+12:00Lovely post - as so often! I'm being thick: is thi...Lovely post - as so often! I'm being thick: is this current, are you in England now?<br /><br />I did hear somewhere that quite a few yews in churchyards predate the church building, relating either to an earlier one or pre-Christian sacredness of the site.EBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405771860220362327noreply@blogger.com