sentences:  In the context of the significance of the physical aspect of soil and stone, the act of conferring sasine was originally (for example in 1615) effected by the handing over of a bowl full of earth from the land and / or a stone of the house by the proprietor or seller to his heir or the buyer, who was then said to be seized of the land or house.Likewise the land rent payable was symbolised by the passing of a bowl of grass and the tithe as a bowl full of grain.The act of homage for holding a fief also involved the act of investiture.