"The fairies only left Orkney when folk stopped seekin' them" - Anonymous Orcadian
"Never be afraid to seek" - Ally

Thursday, July 05, 2007

A Peedie Bit O' Orkney...

In the graveyard around St Magnus Cathedral (which is no longer a "live" graveyard, in that our cemetary is now on the outskirts of Kirkwall, and the Cathedral one hasn't seen a burial for a very long time) there is an unusual headstone.

See if you can spot why...

Many thanks to the Orkney Communities photo archive for the photo... there's a link to the right - it's well worth a look, even for non-Orcadians.

2 comments:

Freddie said...

February only has 28 days...29 in a Leap Year..

but 'Some believe that February originally had 29 days (30 in a leap year), but that idea was invented by Sacrobosco during the Middle Ages.' so there you have it..lol

AllyBally said...

Correct! Give that woman a coconut... or a large pina colada!

And here was me thinking the stonemason was just drunk that day! Lol.