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North West Norfolk

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Old Hunstanton

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Burnham Deepdale

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The carvings in the stone of the square Norman font in
St. Mary's Church, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk.

The months run anticlockwise so that one walks around it with the sun and not against it which would be "widdershins", against nature, the devil would be waiting!

The twelve pictures may take a few seconds to download . . . .

April
Pruning in December
Pruning

March
Digging in March
Digging

February
Warming feet in February
Warming feet

January
Drinking in January
Drinking

August
Sheaf binding in August
Sheaf binding

July
Mowing in July
Mowing

June
Clearing Weeds in June
Clearing weeds

May
Rogationtide in May
Rogationtide
December
Feasting in December
Feasting		 November
Killing pig in November
Killing pig		 October
Storing Wine in October
Storing wine		 September
Threshing in September
Threshing

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