St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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FORMS FIVE AND SIX EAGLE Forty-seven

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at a time into the image until the figure was completely riddled. Susan built up the fire and seized the figure with the fire tongs. Holding the figure in the fire she repeated the Lord’s Prayer three times in reverse. For each pin driven into the figure Eustacia was to experience a corre- sponding pain in her body. As it happened, Eustacia died, but in a different way for she was drowned in Shadwater Weir. There are several other small but important superstitions and customs which appear in the book. First, there is the belief that charred bones found in the barrow would cause trouble. As Christian Cantle put it, Dead folks have been known to come and claim their own.” However, this did not worry Mrs. Geolright. Many remedies have been produced for the cure of snake bite in the past. When Mrs. Geolright is found to be suffering from an adder’s bite, several of the men bring four adders to fry and remove the oil from their bodies. The oil is then applied to the bite, and the poison is supposed to be removed. Hardy also mentions that if an adder has been struck a fatal blow it will not die until sundown. In early spring May Day is celebrated at Egdon Heath. It is a day of great merry-making for the children, and dancing for the older folk and often a queen is crowned with a garland. A pole is decorated with flowers from the heath, and then placed in the ground. This simple form of decoration illustrates the simplicity and closeness to nature that these people exist in and to a certain extent explains why they are superstitious. A. Ferguson. t — -;i 1 111111 mm iimmiii mu i; 111 11 inn n 111 mini mmiiii ii iiiii ii nun I ' lmminm 111111 itmm iiiiii mi iiiimmmiii mu nm ii.iiimiiiiimmiiimiiimmiiimimmiimmmmmmm in iimm .] TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS | ★ 1 Senior Javelin ... Bill Mollard . 137 ' 4” 1 Intermediate Javelin ..Dave Bailey ... 125 ' 6 1 Senior Discus....... ...Bill Mollard . 102 ' 3” Intermediate Discus ...Dennis Lamb .. 83 ' 1 1 Senior Shot Put... ...Craig Bell ..... 38 ' S l 2 ! 1 Junior Ball Throw.. ...George Mitchell . 254 ' 1 i Primary Ball Throw ...David Drybrough . 236 ' 1 | Senior Hop, Step and Jump. ...Ian Doig ... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin V tji 00 CO 1 ......iiiuiiiiiMiimiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiin v -. — , Forty-six EAGLE

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Subscribers Mrs. C. G. Adams A. C. Allan, Esq. B. C. Andrew, Esq. Dr. Cherry Bleeks T. C. Brainerd, Esq. C. G. Coubrough, Esq. W. J. Cunningham, Esq. Dr. D. Croll G. M. Eaton, Esq. G. S. Eby, Esq. J. Drybrough, Esq. J. D. Graham, Esq. J. W. Greenlaw, Esq. D. H. Hewitt, Esq. Stanley N. Jones, Esq. J. A. MacAulay, K.C. Ross Macdonald and Co. F. C. McNaughton, Esq. W. McKnight, Esq. R. S. Misener, Esq. Brig. R. E. A. Morton, D.S.O. Dr. Alfred Savage G. H. Sellers, Esq. R. J. Schaller, Esq. H. E. Shaw, Esq. Dr. C. Burton Stewart Dr. C. H. A. Walton F. M. Williams, Esq. J. E. Woods, Esq. D. M. Young, Esq. Major W. J. MacDougald Forty-eight EAGLE