After we left the museum, we walked back up to the train station - but made a couple stops on the way: the old school-house (looks a little fancy for a school to me, but we asked an old lady coming out of the church next door) which has stood empty for years; and the churchyard. I was looking for some old 18th century grave stones.
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| We didn't break in this time. We just looked in from the fence. |
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| I don't know that I've ever seen a Star of David on a gravestone before. |
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| Aha! Here are some oldies. These were just fragments up against the church wall. We've got wings, bones, an hour glass, spades & something else above the bones, but I'm not exactly sure what it is... |
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| Are those cauldrons of flame? Or are they plants? Of course, there's a lovely skull in the middle as well. |
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| Most of the gravestones looked like this one. They were extremely tall! |
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| And a large portion of them all had this same motif: the urn with the flowers on the side. |
Hmm. I think that one symbol at the top is a money bag. haha! Or maybe a piece of fruit?
ReplyDeleteI definitely think they are cauldrons of flame!!! How thrilling would that be on a gravestone?!
Ack!!! Too bad you didn't break in, I'm dying to see the insides!!!!!
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