CURSED LAND BEATS A LEGEND
Villagers of S'turston. Norfolk, and the neighbouring Standford will a,t Rogation-tide march through the field singing hymns of thanksgiving j that an ancient cursfe has been lift- $ ed. { This Rogation service of thanks- c giving will begin at Bagmoor Farm, ( at Stanford, and th|en, headed by < the vicars of the two parishes, the < congregation will follow over the fields to Sturston. ; A centuries-old legend had it that the fields of Sturston were cursed and crops would not grow because ] of the evil doings of a former owner Now the long derelict farmland ( gives this comparative table of cul- , tivated acres:—■ 1938 Nil | 1939 70 1940 230 « So hymns will be sung and a special prayer offered, . . We thank Thee that prosperity has returned to this land ..."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 184, 10 July 1940, Page 7
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131CURSED LAND BEATS A LEGEND Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 184, 10 July 1940, Page 7
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