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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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