North Side

of a church “was regarded as the source of the cold wind, and the haunt of Satan. In some Cornish churches there is an entrance called the devil’s door, adjoining the font, which was only opened at the time of the renunciation made in baptism, for the escape of the fiend. In consequence of these superstitions, and its sunle aspect, the northern parts of churchyards are usually devoid of graves.” ( Wallcott, Sacred Archæology.)