A Marshfield Legend
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Query #17 - A Marshfield Legend
08/07/1933
A strange tradition held by many Marshfield people concerns the burial of "a golden calf," both at Beeks and at West End Town, which is the oldest part of Marshfield. Every native of Marshfield knows of the legend, but can tell no more about it.
Of all the comers to this island in those far-off days the Phoenicians are the only ones likely to have erected images in the form of a golden calf. Were the false gods ceremoniously buried when the inhabitants of these parts became Christians?
The tradition is firmly imbedded in the minds of Marshfield people, but no one has any other information about it.—F. C. T., Bath.