
Apparently it was a couple of Popes who encouraged churches to have weather vanes in the shape of a cockerel, with the oldest surviving weathercock dating back to 820. This one on the steeple of St Mary’s Church in Longstock looks a bit more modern than that.
These are always great to see. We don’t see them too often anymore…well, maybe if you go to the country. 🙂
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We don’t often seen cockerels but weather vanes are around the place
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I used to see them all the time when I was a kid because I grew up in the country. Not too much now, plus we have The Weather Channel. LOL!
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hee hee and the weather channel is a bit more accurate than the cockerels!
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LOL! True! 🙂
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