ground at home by rotating by hand one stone disk on another
stone disk. Some villages had a mill powered by the flow of water
or by horses.

Farmland surrounded the villages and was farmed by the community
as a whole under the direction of a lord. There was silver,
copper, iron, tin, gold, and various types of stones from remote
lead mines and quarries in the nation. Silver pennies replaced
the smaller scaetts.

Everyone in the village went to church on Sunday and brought
gifts such as grain to the priest. The parish of the priest was
coextensive with the holding of one landowner. The priest and
other men who helped him, lived in the church building. Some
churches had lead roofs and iron hinges, latches, and locks on
their doors. The land underneath had been given to the church by
former Kings and persons who wanted the church to say prayers to
help their souls go from purgatory to heaven and who also
selected the priest.

The church baptized babies and officiated at marriage ceremonies.
It also said prayers for the dying, gave them funerals, and
buried them. A piece of stone with the dead person's name marked
his grave. It was thought that putting the name on the grave
would assist identification of that person for being taken to
heaven. The church heard the last wish or will of the person
dying concerning who he wanted to have his property.

Every man carried a horn slung on his shoulder as he went about
his work so that he could at once send out a warning to his