| Summary: | Lych pronounced here as in like, a corpse, is retained in the words _lych-wake_, as it is in Scotland and Devonshire, the time or act of watching with the dead, and lych-gate originally denoting a gate with a porch at the entrace of the churchyard, under which the corpse might rest while the introductory part of the ser- vices were being said, but now, as in Devonshire, simply meaning the gate of the cemetery. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story August 1959 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 23 Jun 2015
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