DRUIDIC CEREMONY.
Cornish - Gorsedd" Revised After 1000 YEARS. " BAEDS " INITIATED. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 1 p.m.) LOXDOJT, September 21. After a thousand years the Cornish "gorsedd," a notable Druidic ceremony, was revived on a hillside near Penzance, with the initiation of twelve bards including Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. ' The Welsh arch-Druid, the Rev. J. Williams, a crown of copper oak leaves, performed the ceremony within a stone circle which is older than Stonehenge. He was surrounded by the Mayors of Cornwall and functionaries in flowing robes.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 9
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87DRUIDIC CEREMONY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 9
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