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Title: Grave Stone Meanings !
Post by: Medusa on June 22, 2009, 04:48:55 am
Grave Stone Meanings


Anchor/Ships          -         Hope or a Mariner

Arches                  -        Victory in Death

Arrows                  -         Mortality

Bird                      -        Eternal Life

Bird flying              -        Resurrection

Book open              -        Teacher

Bible open              -        Minister

Bouquets flowers      -        Condolences, grief, sorrow

Broken column      -        Loss of Head of family

Bugles              -        Resurrection or Military

Butterfly              -        Short lived, Early death

Candle being snuffed  -    Time, Mortality

Cherub              -        Angelic

Corn                      -        Ripe old age

Cross              -        Emblem of faith

Crossed swords      -        High ranking military person

Darts or Coffin       -        Father time Gentleness, Affection, Purity

Flying birds      -        Flight of the soul

Fruit                      -        Eternal plant

Garlands              -        Victory in death

Hands shaking      -        Farewell

Harp                      -        Praise to the Maker

Hearts              -        Soul in bliss or love of Christ

Horns              -        The Resurrection

Hourglass              -        Swiftness of time

Hand of God Chopping    -  Sudden Death

Hourglass with wings    -  Time flying, short life

Imps                     -         Mortality

Ivy                     -         Friendship and Immortality

Lamb             -         Innocence

Laurel             -         Fame or Victory

Lily or lily of Valley  -       Emblem of Innocence and purity

Morning glory     -         Beginning of life

Oak leaves & acorn -      Maturity, and ripe old age

Palm branches    -         Signifies Victory and Rejoicing

Picks & Shovels    -         Mortality

Poppy            -         Sleep

Portals            -         Passageway to eternal life

Rings broken    -         Family circle severed

Rose bud            -         Morning of life, renewal of life

Rose fully opened   -     Prime of life

Roses           -          Brevity of earthly life

Shells           -          Pilgrimage of life

Stars & Stripes on Eagle -  Eternal vigilance liberty

Thistles          -           Remembrance

Tombs          -           Mortality

Torch Inverted  -      Life extinct

Tree Stump with ivy -     Head of family Immortality

Trees          -           Life

Trumpeters       -       Heralds of the resurrection

Urn with Blaze   -      Undying friendship

Urn with wreath/crepe    - Mourning

Weeping willow  -      Emblem of sorrow

Wheat sheaf     -             Ripe for harvest, divine harvest, time

Willows          -           Earthly sorrow

Winged Effigies  -       Flight of the soul


Title: Re: Grave Stone Meanings !
Post by: gryffen on August 12, 2009, 08:53:59 am
We have a cracking graveyard up in Culross - mainly a plague town where 80% of the population are buried under gravestones - like this :

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4DzLbV79i7g/SlosamMZGjI/AAAAAAAAXrc/Oc5etbYLpOU/s400/Photograph+Skull+and+Crossbones+Gravestone+Old+Churchyard+Dollar+Scotland.jpg)

Imagine nearly a whole acre full of gravestones like that - very haunting


Title: Re: Grave Stone Meanings !
Post by: Medusa on August 12, 2009, 02:13:52 pm
We have a cracking graveyard up in Culross - mainly a plague town where 80% of the population are buried under gravestones - like this :

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4DzLbV79i7g/SlosamMZGjI/AAAAAAAAXrc/Oc5etbYLpOU/s400/Photograph+Skull+and+Crossbones+Gravestone+Old+Churchyard+Dollar+Scotland.jpg)

Imagine nearly a whole acre full of gravestones like that - very haunting

AHHHH WOW babes that looks wicked.............

Would lov to go and see that place hehehehehe

Where's my invite hehehe

Medusa


Title: Re: Grave Stone Meanings !
Post by: gryffen on August 12, 2009, 04:29:52 pm
Lass - open invite!

Culross is great - East Weymms is the local coven area - ceremonies happen in the middle of the graveyard next to a little boys tomb (read below topic about it).

Kirkcaldy (where im from- and yes - that plonker Gordon Brown!) same highschool tooo =(

Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Kinlochleven - Straven - soooooooooooooooo many!


Title: Re: Grave Stone Meanings !
Post by: Medusa on August 12, 2009, 05:36:53 pm
Hey babes

You are not gonna believe who I just spoke too......................blast from the past ?

No very sadly not my baby "dragonrider"

Venus !

She just joined FB

Her and Neff are both doing well

Wow thats was really weird and good to hear from her  O0

Medusa