Canterbury Cathedral, UK Easter Egg - Rude Lady

At the main gate to Canterbury Cathedral there is a carved arch-way. Look at the lowest level of the arch and you should see three rows on which are carved leaves. Take a close look at the exact center of the top row. You should be able to see a naked woman lying supine, head thrown back in ecstasy. Her genitalia are very pronounced.

The story goes that the church were trying to get out of paying what was due the stonemason that was working on the arch-way. He finally accepted a payment lower than the agreed, but got his revenge by putting in this rudest of carvings.

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Contributed By: Jack Dinn on 04-09-2002
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pics! i demand pics!
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Wench writes:
This isn't really an egg, but if you go into the cathedral crypt on one of the columns you'll see quite clearly this weird life-sized image of a man in a monk's get up. My Dad was a choirboy at Canterbury and they reckoned it ws Thomas Beckett's ghost! Aw, cute.
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fats writes:
Hey, why isn't this on the top of the "Top 25 Easter Eggs" list?
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fats writes:
I take great satisfaction in knowing that I was the one who realized that this was only a few votes away from making the top 25 list, and being the person who supplied those votes.
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fats writes:
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shawn writes:
Don't you think that you should vote for the eggs that deserve to be on the top (the best eggs) not ones that work because really they are all sappose to work. Dont just give mercy votes give votes to show visitors the REAL best, not just some that havnt been seen for a while...
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