--- Paul Spice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Ron Hornsby,
> Although I have no references to hand, my understanding was that yew
> trees were planted in churchyards for the following reasons.
> 3 Churchyards were ideal places because they were widespread and not
> used for grazing anumals.
They were however used for grazing animals; to this day the parson has
the right to graze his cattle in the churchyard. In former times he
would probably have kept cattle. When I was a parson I sometimes
considered keeping a goat to keep down the grass. I have seen goats
used for this purpose in churchyards.
The Supple Doctor.
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