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Show fcany cnnitian Dunai. There Is an old saga of Thorflnn Ktrlsefne which shows that long after Christianity was Introduced Into the north It was the practice to bury the dead In unhallowed ground on the land where they died, and that a stake was set up over the grave. "Wbec the priest afterward came." says the sage, "the stake was pulled up and holy water was poured Into the bole, and they sang over the body, even though It was long afterward." Some of us might like to believe that this early Chrlstlau custom may bave given giv-en rise to burial at cross roads the pious Instinct of placing psrlaba uo der the shadow of the cross. |