I'm a stone mason, and I'm half way convinced that a fair portion of the posts here are at MOST five people. AMA?
I'm a stone mason, and I'm half way convinced that a fair portion of the posts here are at MOST five people. AMA?
The title.
Feel free to ask me stuff. I'm in Scotland, born in Canada. I've been a mason for coming on 15 years. And my favourite dinosaur is....not really a dinosaur.....the Stenopterygius species. because they're tubby not quite dolphin looking (apparently) reptiles.
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How do masons feel about Freemasons?
Well. The Freemasons started in Scotland. It's generally accepted that the first Freemason temple was the Chapel at Stirling Castle. There's some masons I've met here that think the Freemasons have the registry of Mason's Marks. They may have in the past, but I believe that currently the Worshipful Company of Masons holds most of the UK's mason's marks. Could be debatable, the English gonna empire after all.
A mason's mark was used to show who cut the stone, and who fixed it. It was how masons were paid for what they'd done.
In modern times the Freemasons is....a boy's club. There's likely very few actual masons who are members. Where I am in Scotland, most of the lodges are within a short walk from a police station,or what used to be one.
From the few conversations I had back home about them the general consensus is that it's a bit of a joke that their "secret knowledge" is mostly just masonry best practice.
Don't forget the super secret handshakes
And pretend acting out the killing of Hiram.
😬 fact check: true
🤦 I had. In my defence I was tired AF when I was answering questions, and something like super secret handshakes isn't something I think about very often.
Haha I was just playing, I just think the handshakes are hilarious, especially how serious they take them
Fair enough 🤣
They are pretty silly aren't they?