I just wanted to thank you for going to this graveyard in Dumfries Scotland. It just so happens that some of my ancestors are buried there, you did show two of them.. a William Grierson and Robert Burns. I also have ancestors at Ruthwell Churchyard (Graveyard), Dumfries/Annan. I have been a fan and subscriber of yours for awhile and to see St. Michael's in Dumfries come up just blew my mind, so thank you. I hope to see it for myself one day, it is beautiful.
To dust we turn, we must, Leave my skull, take the rust, My head don't take, Lest your fine hat break, 'pon my voluminous pate, Out!! and close the gate, Think not to return, Or face the ghost of 'Rabbie' Burns.
Wow....I wouldn't even know where to start and where to end...here in Germany everything is in a row...you can just walk it down...and there it looks like it's randomly parked there...Absolutely impressive...I love this...😍
love these vids i love sitting here with a nice Yorkshire tea brew and chilling and watching the diffrent designs of graves and there history and people who belong to the graves
This is an excellent channel this is. Definition of contemporary "living or occurring at the same period of time." So those people lived at the same period of time a Burns and may have or may have not known him.
In essence, contemporaries are peers or equals existing or occurring in the same period of time Yes, the skull and crossbones symbol on an old gravestone does have significant meaning. It is a symbol consisting of a human skull and two long bones crossed together under or behind the skull. The design originated in the Late Middle Ages as a symbol of death and especially as a memento mori on tombstones. “Memento mori” is a Latin phrase that translates to “remember you must die”, serving as a reminder of our own mortality and the inevitability of death. The skull and crossbones are probably the oldest mortality symbols found on Scottish graveyards. Often an hourglass is combined with the skull and crossbones to signify time running out, or a winged death’s head also indicating that life is fleeting.
Hi there, I just subscribed to your channel. I've been watching it for the last few days. I love walking through cemeteries and wondering what the people were like and the stories they could tell us of their lives
My great uncle fought with 1st battalion 5th regiment Dumfries and galloway outfit. Sgt George Thomson. Hamilton near Glasgow have erected a memorial for him in their town center.
Thank you, Dan. Such a relaxing tour as usual. Please try and carry a small snack like nut-seed protein bars that'll do in a pinch. I'm from Bengal 😅 my ancestors, rather. James Hills's gravestone was very cleverly edited if you notice the word 'unwearied.'
Thank you for showing us around another interesting cemetery. I didnt know anything about Burns Mausoleum being broken into for his skull. Its certainly jam packed. Good walk!
Thanks for this, we just spent a couple of nights near Dumfries, did the JM Barrie house and walked down the Main Street and saw the refurbished water fountain but sadly had to get back up to the other side just before Burns Street with his house then onto this cemetery as my MS was being a bugger with the old legs! 🤦🏻♀️☠️👌🏻
Great video! Unusual grave stones…with 6 plinths, I guess they may have been the fashion at that time for graves. Some well known local people buried there what an interesting place! Love the inscriptions on the grave stones….old English terminology! Thank you for sharing this!
Hey there you might not make a lot of money but what a interesting job you do it’s fantastic and enjoyable I know it’s morbid to lots of people but it’s history it’s what really happened thank you for sharing ❤
Wow! That is the most amazing cemetery I’ve ever seen. And the oldest looking one too. I could spend all day there. It makes me think of my Father and Mother and brother. I’m going to cast this video onto my 65” TV. That place is going to be really crowded at the 2nd resurrection, when everyone comes up from their graves!
Beautiful graveyard here. So sad that people break into places. Lovely walk though and seems peaceful. I love Robert Burns for my wedding I sang a poem of his.
Great video Dan and enjoyed the walk. So while you were in Scotland did you get any Walker cookies? That are those butter cookies there. Just to get the tin from there would be nice. Thank you again for sharing take care Dan .
What a wonderfully atmospheric cemetery. I realise everyone is supposed to worship Robert Burns and therefore the cemetery has to revolve around him, but I think it a very great pity that some graves have those garish vivid blue plaques added. It diminishes their lives, turning them into mere contemporaries of RB when they are so much more than that. The plaques spoil the appearance of the graves and highlight RB instead of the person who is buried there. If you don’t think so, don’t hang me for having a different opinion. 18:00
Hello from Texas. What are the short tables throughout the cemetery? I’m assuming either benches for visitors or part of the gravesite. Thanks for another interesting walkthrough!🪦👻
I guess if you wanna be the head stone cleaner a pressure washer and a stone cleaner and pave cleaner stuff should clean them back to it's original look, to me i rather clean where their names are so everyone can read who, why and when.
Hey there, a great day for a walk!! Not 2 B insulting or anything but why do so many stone structures in UK have either black mold, mosses or green lichens covering them? Don’t you guys use pressure washers & cleaning compounds to refresh public buildings, Churches, Stone walls, etc.. seems like you just want to keep everything old, ancient, crumbly & dirty looking. Maybe to keep from possibly damaging them I don’t know but I’ve been cleaning my great grandparents stones with mild soap, hard plastic scraper, a brass brush & portable sprayer that keeps them clean, mold & lichen free & doesn’t damage the stone. By the way, your Churches are magnificent. Always envied your history.
You may have to get permission to do so from living descendants….can be a bit involved tracking them down…all depends on the church rules, as I imagine if “any” damage was done by use of abrasive liquids or brushes, then the church may be legally viable….I don’t know, but lately down south where stones have been leaning, they have removed them to one side after trying to locate family to do something about it. The church fears the stones falling on a child or someone, and being taken to court. It’s all got very silly in Gt Britain to my mind…lawyers are making a pile! They take chestnut trees that have been standing 100’s years down, which line the roads school children walk alongside, “just in case a child gets injured by falling conkers!! Absolutely b….y ridiculous! When I was a child we would climb these lovely trees to shake the branches for the conkers to fall! Great fun threading onto string for conker matches…but I have no doubt even that very old, pleasurably past time is disallowed these days….when I think of how long these trees have stood quietly growing, how many generations have enjoyed the conkers…and now it’s a crazy place to live…no hopscotch even, in case a child falls!I had a fantastic childhood…great fun, going out to play until dusk with friends,,it’s so sad that times have changed so much..freedom curtailed. My generation were the lucky ones! Thankyou Dan….that was fascinating! Hope your leg recovers soon! Best wishes! 🙋♀️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It's a shomaker's convention in there...lol. They must have needed a lot of shoes in that town. I'll admit, I had to look up what a 'nith' was and I assume it refers to a river?
I don't know why, but I think all those tall bulky monuments are ugly? Really enjoyed the rest of your maze like walkabout, and thanks for reading a few for us. Deb of Oz.
May be l missed it... But did you find the mass grave from the 1833 cholera epidemic, which claimed the lives of 420 from Dumfries? They are all interred within St Micheals kirkyard.
"Contemporaries" of Robert Burns means people that lived in the same time period as he did. 🕰️ And you said it during this walk: "Living in the same era". Exactly! (I enjoyed this walk very much, by the way.)
