Russia: purple shades on grey – Volkovskoye Cemetery Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Volkovskoye Pravoslavnoye SPB Russia (61)

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Russia: Volkovskoye Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Petersburg

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Adam and Eve Stone

An intricate Adam and Eve stone displays the figures of Adam and eve, angels playing the trumpet, an hour glass, a bible and a plough with oxen complete this interesting example dating back to 1758. The symbolism is complex, the first awareness of death came according to the Bible to mankind through Adam and Eve. […]

epitaph to a witch

Here lyes with Dethe auld Grizzel Grimme Lincluden’s ugly witche; O Dethe, an’ what a taste hast thou Cann lye with sich a bitche! Raymond Lamont-Brown: Scottish Epitaphs. Champbers, Edinburgh, 1990

the Burns connection

The Church of Crosbie has a very special connection with the poet Robert Burns. Its roof collapsed on the stormy January night of 1759, in which the poet was born. Crosbie is just under 40 miles away from Alloway. The ruin was never rebuilt and has now been made inaccessible. Unfortunately, the entire cemetery is […]

Kirkconnel – a poet and a partisan

a partisan for the pretender When Charles Edward Stuart came to Scotland in 1745 to conquer his crown and his realm, the young king-to-be landed in the Western Highlands, where he could count on most supporters. There were not many in the Borders who would have given him unwavering support, with one big exception: James […]

shoon and sheets – the Sutor of Selkirk

A cobbler’s profession is generally not a particularly exciting or scary one. A shoemaker in the early 19th century had an upscale clientel and was a respected citizen. The cobbler of Selkirk (Sutor of Selkirk) brought it to a certain fame but not because of his shoes but his greed and his nosiness. He was […]

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Russia: purple shades on grey – Volkovskoye Cemetery Saint Petersburg, Russia

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