Ever hear of the guy who was buried in his classic car? It happens. Donal O'Còllàùgh O'Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Cemeteries, Graveyards and Burial Grounds > Never gave this much thought before, but guess I would never say put my > old car in the cemetery > > In looking via Google found a couple of interesting sites: Sure is > interesting when one Googles on a subject and what pops up!!! > http://politicalgraveyard.com/ > http://www.potifos.com/cemeteries.html > > > Noted the dictionary meaning of each > > Both are cemeteries but graveyard also includes old object > > Bob > Cdn. > ------------------------------------- > grave·yard > /n./ > *1. * A burial ground; a cemetery. > *2. * A place where worn-out or obsolete equipment or objects are kept: an > automobile graveyard. > ------------- > cem·e·ter·y > /n./ /pl./ *cem·e·ter·ies* > A place for burying the dead; a graveyard. > > ===================================== > PeteScherm@aol.com wrote:<SNIP> > >>For years, I have been using these terms interchangeably (the dictionary >>doesn't seem to differentiate amongst them), but yesterday I noticed a >>sentence in an article in the Journal of Irish Archaeology which made me >>question that. > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ >