[917] One of the most characteristic symbols of the Ægean is St. Andrew’s Cross: I have suggested that the Scotch Hendrie meant ancient drie or drew, and it is not without significance that tradition closely connects St. Andrews in Scotland with the Ægean. The legend runs that St. Rule arrived at St. Andrews bringing with him a precious relic—no less than Sanct Androwis Arme. “This Reule,” continues the annalist, “was ane monk of Grece born in Achaia and abbot in the town of Patras”—Simpkins, J. E., Fife, Country Folklore, vol. vli., p. 243.
[918] The Gnostics and their Remains, p. 72.
[919] “It is certain that ancient caves do exist in Palestine which in form and circumstance, and to some extent also in decoration, approximate so nearly to the Royston Cave that if any historical connection could be established between them, it would scarcely seem doubtful that the one is a copy of the other.”—Beldam, J., The Royston Cave, p. 24. According to the same authority there are indications at the Royston Cave “of an extreme and primeval antiquity,” and he adds, “it bears, indeed, a strong resemblance in form and dimension to the ancient British habitation; and certain marks and decorations in its oldest parts such as indentations and punctures, giving a diapered appearance to the surface, are very similar to what is seen in confessedly Druidical and Phœnician structures,” p. 22.
[920] Beldam, J., The Royston Cave, p. 24.
[921] In Caledonia dovecots or doocats are still superstitiously maintained: there may be a connection between doocat and the “Dowgate” Hill which neighbours the present Cathedral of St. Paul.
[922] Nichols, W. J., The Chislehurst Caves and Dene Holes, p. 5.
[923] Walford, E., Greater London, ii., 127.
[924] Ibid., p. 131.
[925] Goddard, A. R., Essex Archæological Society’s Transactions, vol. vii., 1899.
[926] Courtois, Dictionaire Geographique de l’Arrondissement de Saint Omer, p. 156.