Greetings!
An interesting thread, that has moved on, in a very good way, from the
original issue.
>Nine days he hung on the rootless tree
>For evil were that folk, and good was he.
>A bloody wound was in his side –
>Made by a lance – which would not hide.
>Nine long nights in the nipping rime
>Hung he there with his naked limb.
That 19th Century folksong has relevant information to this cross
fertilisation is a surprise, especially as it is so late.
Might Pictish crosses have relevant iconography? I don't know, I just
wonder.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cj.tolley/ctm/ctm-gosforth.htm
With my best wishes
Ben
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