Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

Sometimes this stone weighs twelve or fifteen
pounds, and it is considered a very nice job to
carry a block of this weight plumb. The blocks
which the conductors carry are usually made of
wood, and are, therefore, comparatively light.
The three "workmen" now form in a line about
three feet distant from each other, the candidate
being last. The door is then opened without
ceremony, and the Junior Deacon, as conductor,
together with his associate and the candidate,
enter the Lodge, and march four times around the
room, halting the last time at the Junior
Overseer's station, at the south gate, where the
conductor gives four raps (in couplets) on the
floor with his heel (• • • •).
WORKMEN FROM THE QUARRIES.
Junior Overseer--Who comes here?
Senior Deacon--Workmen from the quarries,
bringing up work.
Junior Overseer--Have you a specimen of your
work? Senior Deacon--We have.
Junior Overseer--Present your work.
The Senior Deacon presents his stone to the
Junior Overseer, who applies his small trying
square to its different angles, and, they agreeing
with the angles of the square, he says: