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St. Andrew’s Church, Scotshouse: A Pictorial Essay 

Grounds of St. Andrew’s Church

Photo (1984) courtesy of Loyd ‘Jack’ Breakey

                   

Interior of St. Andrew’s Church

Photos (1984) courtesy of Loyd ‘Jack’ Breakey 

Yew Trees of St. Andrew’s

Photo (1984) courtesy of Loyd ‘Jack’ Breakey

Notes on back of photo:

All males, on reaching [age] 16, needed a longbow of yew wood.  The trees drop a red berry, which poisons sheep.  By planting them [in] churchyards, which have a wall around them, the sheep are protected.

 

Marilyn J. Breakey

Harrington House

June 2000