COCKS ON CHURCH SPIRES
Early writers say that the cock is significant of vigilance and liberality, the latter because it calls for the hens to come and share its food. The clergy, says a mediaeval poet, are not to keep all their learning to themselves, but, imitating the cock, to distribute to their congregations. In a sarcophagus of the third century it is a general emblem of human weakness and repentance. In St. Peter’s Church, Rauleston, Hereford, every conceivable place on the capitals is occupied by the carving of cocks.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 8 October 1936, Page 4
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90COCKS ON CHURCH SPIRES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 8 October 1936, Page 4
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