SC - Unhistoric things we serve WAS:Shepherds Pie

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- -Poster: <Elysant at aol.com> 

>Brandu said:
 
>I think that there is enough evidence (including graffittoes on various such 
>works) to show that the populace were rather proud of contributing to such 
>things, and did them in hope that their contributions would go to their 
>salvation. That sounds a whole lot like the countrysides were pretty well 
>christianized by the time the large chathedrals were being constructed.
 
>Brandu

M'lord Brandu.

I come from a country where there still exists evidence of the old 
pre-Christian 
beliefs mingled obviously amid the trappings of the Christian Church.   This 
is not documentation but rather, is direct evidence. 

The churchyard next to my mother's house, is a site that has been used as a 
burial ground since Roman times.  One of the Roman gravestones is in fact 
built into the wall of the present day church therein.  What is important 
here is that the present church was only built in the mid 19th century - 
about 50 feet or so south west of the original smaller church.   

The original church had been there for centuries, and was always surrounded 
by five protective yew trees.  When the church was relocated (again this is 
only 150 years or so ago) it's new location meant that it was no longer 
surrounded by the yews, and  was "unprotected".  So another yew had to be 
planted the on other side of the church so that the circle was complete 
again.  This seemed to set people's minds at ease.  

In 1953, the Eisteddfod was at our village (slightly before my time).  As is 
the tradition, a ring of standing stones (a "Gorsedd") was left as a reminder 
that the Eisteddfod had been held there.  The stone circle is situated right 
next to the church.

I think that there are a lot of pre-Christian belief systems still operating  
- - as ever.  Even if the people were officially "Christianized".
 
my four penneth :-)

Elysant