kirk-yard

Before he left Broch Mordha, he should at least have a look at what was left of the old kirk-yard.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

But airlie upoun the Setterday, in the mornyng, the 29. of Maij, war thei in syndree cumpanyes in the Abbay kirk-yard, not far distant frome the Castell.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

Auld Jock smoked his cutty pipe, gazed at the fire or into the kirk-yard, and meditated on nothing in particular.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

Forty years ago it was an accepted superstition in Thrums that the ghosts of children who had died before they were baptized went wailing and wringing their hands round the kirk-yard at nights, and that they would continue to do this until the crack of doom.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

The spire of the parish church, known as the auld kirk, commands a view of the square, from which the entrance to the kirk-yard would be visible, if it were not hidden by the town-house.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

The kirk-yard has long been crammed, and is not now in use, but the church is sufficiently large to hold nearly all the congregations in

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

Meggy has long gone to the kirk-yard, but the snuff-mull is still preserved.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

Their favorite dissipation, when their looms had come to rest, was a dander through the kirk-yard.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

The straggling procession of pedestrians behind wound its slow way in the waning light to the kirk-yard, showing startlingly black against the dazzling snow; and it was not until the earth rattled on the coffin-lid that Little

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

A solemn stroll through the kirk-yard was not sufficient relaxation in those riotous times, after a hard day at the loom; and he rarely lost a chance of going to see a man hanged.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898