Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man ...

56 Guide to the Isle of Man.Swept monuments of love foniT mottoes bear,Tolling of goodness, piety, ereTvliile.Ilrro placid grief ne'er yields to wan despair :Uiiglit amarantliino wreaths the silent sleepers wear."So Oiiseley wrote of another island cliurchyard, and liiswords are quite as applicable to this, in which his bodyawaits the archangel's summons. His headstone tells usthat he " departed this life, May 7th, 1874, aged sixty-nineyears." This God's-acre is evidently a resting-place greatlyin favour with the many strangers who visit Moua. It hasONCHAN CHDECII.l)esidcs some old-world monuments worth examining. Restingagainst the north wall of the tower, is an ancient Scandinaviancross, deeply carved with knotwork on both sides,but witliout an inscription ;and not far from it is another,bearing intricate knotwork, and the representation of twomonstrous animals, somewhat similar to weasels.Proceeding down the hill from the church, the road takesthe visitor past the old Schoolhouse, into the village ofOnclian, with its nursery gardens, occupying some fifteenacres. At the end of the village is anotlier Schoolhouse, ofmore recent erection. Descending the hill beyond the