Symbols on …Church of Ireland… graves

alfabetical

• Anchors and Ships--- Hope or Seafaring profession
• Arches---Victory in Death
• Arrows---Mortality
• Bouquets/flowers---condolences, grief, sorrow
• Broken Column---Loss of head of family
• Broken Ring---Family circle severed
• Buds/Rosebud---Morning of life or renewal of life
• Bugles---Resurrection and the military
• Butterfly---Short-lived; early death
• Candle being Snuffed---Time, mortality
• Hand of God Chopping---Sudden death
• Cherub---Angelic
• Corn---Ripe old age
• Cross---Emblem of faith
• Crossed Swords---High-ranking military person
• Darts--Mortality
• Doves---The Soul, purity, innocence,
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