
Ireland's Trees & Mythology
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How fast can a Vampire count? ๐ฆ ๐ With darkening days the threat from dark entities, including vampires, increases but a Rowan tree growing by your home can help to keep you safe ๐ก๏ธ๐ Rowan berries ripen alongside the thinning of the veil & await flocks of hungry flocks of
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Darkening days bring dark creatures & we could all use maybe just a little luck ๐น๐ Seeing a Blue Tits will bring you a little luck & maybe more importantly a little joy ๐ชถ
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Mushrooms & moss to brighten your day ๐โจ
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The weeks & days around Samhain offer the best chance of seeing fairies & other beings from the Otherworld ๐๐ป Yet maybe the most beautiful one that you could hope to see would be the White Fairy Horse "รnbarr" ๐โจ She adores the Alder tree that works all year round binding
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We know that a Vampire can be killed (again) by driving a wooden stake through it's heart yet in Slavic folklore the guidance is more specific ๐ฆ โ๏ธ The stake must be crafted from the wood of the Hawthorn tree and this will ensure that Nosferatu ceases to rise & bother the
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Hazel nuts were an important part of the diet of the ancient Irish and like other Autumn foods, such as the apple, they became a part of Samhain celebrations ๐ฐ๐ Gathered around a fire unmarried folk would give each of the nuts that they had collected the name of a potential
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Christian folklore tells us that when Lucifer was cast from Heaven by Archangel Michael that he landed in the middle of a Blackberry bush ๐น๐ Scratched & bleeding, Lucifer proceeded to spit & urinate on the Bramble, so much so, that ever since it has been deemed unsafe to eat
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There was a time when Irish families huddled around fires of turf fearing the night of Samhain ๐๐ฅ On this night spirits were able to walk Ireland's town & meadows freely forcing the living to hide behind closed doors โจ๐ช This was until travellers encountered fairies beneath
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The Apple ๐ณ is one of the Seven Nobles of the Irish Wood and is stays at the forefront of our thoughts and culture at this time of year ๐๐ They are symbolic of love & immortality and appear across Europe in folktales & myth that tell of these things ๐๐ Connla was the son
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It was believed that a witch would transform into a hare in an attempt to evade pitchfork wielding townsfolk ๐ฐ๐ช She would run & find sanctuary in the nearest Gorse bushes....that is at least until the dense prickly foliage would be set alight ๐ฅ Gorse (also called Whin or
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The flowers of Common Ivy are a joy to behold ๐ฎโจ Ivy's ability to cling & tightly twist its way around trees and manmade structures led it to be associated with qualities such as love & fidelity ๐๐ Yet these same things led to Ivy being sacred to those Gods who themselves
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In Ireland and Britain, the Yew ๐ฒ is to be found in churchy & graveyards rather than in our woods and meadows ๐ชฆ Some believe they were planted to deter grazing animals or for their wood to be used in the making of longbows ๐น ๐ But the truth is more mysterious & when these
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Apples have always been a central part of Celtic myth but when it comes to "bobbing for apples" most people believe that it was the Romans that gifted us this particular aspect of Halloween fun & divination ๐๐ Roman celebrations blended with Samhain and a popular Roman game
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This poor, beautiful English Oak came down in a storm last week in a local park. ๐๐ So sad to see given the eagerness to plant non-native species across the city. I've taken this and a few other acorns that were still attached and promised the tree I'll put extra effort into
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In the dark weeks surrounding Samhain & from then slipping into Winter, a Holly hedge can keep us safe from harm ๐๐ Not only is it a great gift to nesting birds & hibernating wildlife but the spiky foliage of Holly prevents the approach of other unwanted visitors โ๏ธ
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The beautiful female flowers of the Alder ๐ณ When these seeds develop they will provide a welcome snack for birds ๐ชถ On the darker side, for ancient Celts, the Alder was, amongst other things, associated with death and war โ๏ธ ๐ฅ Ancient Celts kept the severed heads of their
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