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many which, if it occur before the 8th, would bring the " T " to 

 the 7th, the Translation of St. Thomas a Becket; or, occurring 

 after, the sign would mark St. Sunniva (July 8), a great holiday. 



Turning the clogg, I find on July 1/j. an unknown sign, the 

 middle of the summer-half ; July 20, St. Margaret, a cross ; July 

 22, St. Mary Magdalene, a cross leaning to one side, perhaps to 

 show its position when being borne by our Saviour ; July 25, St. 

 John the Apostle, an unfinished sign, the previous one being in 

 the way ; July 29, St. Olaf (Danish King and Saint), an axe ; 

 August 3, the day on which his body was found, a smaller axe ; 

 August 10, St. Lawrence, a gridiron, signifying the manner of his 

 death ; August 15, Assumption of Mary, a three-branched candle- 

 stick ; August 2J+, St. Bartholomew, a sign shaped like a knife ; 

 September 1, St. Giles, a cross; September 8, Nativity of the 

 Virgin, an unknown sign ; September IJ+, Exaltation of the Cross, 

 an unknown sign; September 29, St. Michael the Archangel, a 

 peculiar sign like a vane or rude balance : this day is not far past 

 the Equinox ; October k., St. Francis, a simple cross. October 13th 

 ends this quarter. 



Crossing over to the top of the other half, October Ik, St. Cal- 

 listus, a fir-tree; October 21, 11,000 Virgins, a cross; October 28, 

 SS. Simon and Jude, a cross; November 1, All Saints Day, a three- 

 branched candlestick; November 11, St. Martin, a cross, with a second 

 on one arm ; November 18, a, rude cross or sword ; November 23, St. 

 Clement, a cross; November 25, St. Catherine, a cross; November 

 30, St. Andrew, a cross ; December 4-, St. Barbara, a sign of un- 

 finished appearance, probably on account of the close proximity of 

 the next ; December 6, St. Nicholas, a cross ; December 8, Concep- 

 tion of the Virgin, a cross; December 13, St. Lucy, a cross; 

 December 21, St. Thomas, a long line, possibly meant for a spear ; 

 December 25, Christmas Day, a circle with radiating points, very 

 likely to represent the guiding star ; January 1, Circumcision, a 

 circle with a line running through it; January 6, Epiphany, a 

 cross; January 11, St. Brictiva, a cross; January 13, St. Hilary, 

 twenty days after Christmas, an unknown sign, similar in form to 

 that on July 14, and probably marks mid- winter, as the latter did 

 mid- summer. This ends the third quarter, and turning the clogg 

 I come to the last. 



Here is one mark too many. January 17, St. Anthony, a 



