Since a lot of us are into the old songs and such, I thought you all might enjoy thei list, sent to me from a genealogy digest I subscribe to from Nova Scotia. I used to love the old cemeteries when I lived in New England. The kids & I often would go there to eat lunch and take a walk round reading the inscriptions, some so tragic, while others were full of romance.

Anchors & Ships = Seafaring Profession
Arches = Victory
Arrows = Mortality
Bouquets = Condolences, Grief
Buds = Renewal of Life
Bugles = Resurrection, Military
Candle,snuffed = Time, Mortality
Coffin = Mortality
Crossed Swords = High ranking military person
Darts = Mortality
Doves = The Soul, Purity
Father Time = Mortality, Grim Reaper
Flowers = Brevity of early existence, Sorrow
Flying Birds = Flight of the soul
Fruits = Eternal Plenty
Garlands = Victory in Death
Imps = Mortality
Hand of God chopping = Sudden Death
Handshake = Farewell to earthly existence
Hearts = The soul in bliss, Love of Christ
Horns = The Resurrection
Hourglass = Swiftness of Time
Lambs = Innocence
Picks & Shovels = Mortality
Portals = Passageway to the eternal journey
Roses = Brevity of earthly existence
Sheaves of Wheat = Time, The divine harvest
Shells = The pilgrimage of life
Suns = The resurrection
Thistles = Remembrance
Tombs = Mortality
Trees = Life
Trumpeters = Life
Willows = Earthly Sorrow
Winged death`s Head = Mortality
Winged effigies = The flight of the soul