DRUID CEREMONY REVIVED
ANCIENT GUSTO Al OF CORNWALL. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, Sept. 21. After 1000 years the Cornish Gorsedd, a notable Druid ceremony, has been revived on a hillside near Penzance, with the initiation of 12 bards, including Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. The Welsh Arch Druid, the Rev. J. Williams, wearirtg a crown of copper oak leaves, performed the ceremony within a stone circle older than Stonehenge. He was surrounded by tho Mayors of Cornwall and functionaries in flowing robes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1928, Page 5
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