Did you know?

[john]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

[GingerTheCat]

Sounds like one of those stories that make you think I'll just type "statue horse legs battle" into Google... :doubt:

http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm

[PhilipG]

What about Queen Victoria by St George's Hall?
Her horse has one leg cocked (I think).

Another case of one rule for us and another for the Royals?

[goldenface]

Did you know?

That the gate pillars at the entrance to Princes Park are actually the original entrance pillars of the original Lime Street Station? circa 1836

[goldenface]

Actually I stand corrected. PhillipG has some info on this? :)

[Ged]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.


I believed this once John but a website discredits it giving instances of where it doesn't stack up, though I think it's only in about 4 or 5 cases of all the worlds equestrian statues. Did you know though, out of Britains 24 or so such statues, Liverpool has either the most, or the most after London. This from a Liverpool quiz book from the 80s - the 'actual' figures are in it.

[Ged]

If all four legs are in the air, the horse is getting its belly tickled.

[goldenface]

:lol:

I was under the impression that this only applied to our Monarchs.

If a statue is of a King on a horse with both front legs in the air it died in battle etc.

[PhilipG]

Actually I stand corrected. PhillipG has some info on this? :)

I think I've said this on another thread.
Goldenface is nearly right.
The pillars were originally in St George's Hall, and were taken out when the organ was installed (in the 1850s) and then they were put on the Hall side of Lime Street.
There was a screen at Lime Street station (before the North Western Hotel was built), but it didn't include these pillars.
When Sefton Park was laid out in the late 1860s, the pillars were cut down and incorporated into two of the entrances to Sefton Park.

[Ged]

Great stuff Goldenface and PhilG.

[goldenface]

Did you know?

That there is more than two Liver birds?

[iain]

No I didn't!

Thanks for all the interesting little gems folks!

If the horse has all four legs off the ground ... is it levitating?