A DMV w/ a lost medieval pilgrimage centre: cult of St Margaret appears to have been focused on Ketsby, Lincolnshire.pic.twitter.com/yTX7P87oD9
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Ketsby frieze=http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=89&title=lead-openwork-frieze&cat=313 …. Note, image of St Margaret mentioned in 1534 will too: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p6KyBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/WtMwvhYBk6
The saint at Ketsby, Lincolnshire, was St Margaret of Antioch--supposedly swallowed by dragon, hence pic on medals! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_the_Virgin …
@caitlinrgreen interesting re goddess tradition and patron saint of pregnancy!
@CatherineEsse Oh, I know---most curious! One commentator suggested that badges might be for women in labour... Also, you have to wonder >
@CatherineEsse > if the local dragon of Walmsgate/South Ormsby legend doesn't link to St Margaret & the dragon: http://www.lincolnshirewolds.info/walmsgate/index.html …
@caitlinrgreen indeed ... The more we know, the more we realise we don't know
Dragons, barrows, symbolism, icons, apocryphal tales ....
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