Hail cross
A hail cross was placed in the middle of the fields to ward off hail and other forms of severe weather from the harvest and thus protect it. It was a common medieval practice.
A hail cross was placed in the middle of the fields to ward off hail and other forms of severe weather from the harvest and thus protect it. It was a common medieval practice. In Brabant, one hail cross has survived, in Aarle-Rixtel. In 1996, the current hail cross was erected in Boekent (a street and former hamlet south of Gemert).
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