I have read several places that in addition to adjacent landowners serving as processioners, teenage boys were desirable as they would or might remember the boundaries long after their elders were gone and also long after the white oak had died or the boulder been moved or the river course changed or dried up. Knowledge that a person was a processioner provides solid information that the person lived on or near the property being processioned. Judy Gabor To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html