The Tree-life of Argyll: Laws, Habitats, Use of Native Trees and Their Part in Folk-lore and Mythology |
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... once common in Argyll but cli- matic changes , the spread of other trees , and actions of man , have caused it to become rare . It was once believed to have power against the ' evil - eye ' . The wood was sometimes used for inlaid work ...
... once common in Argyll but cli- matic changes , the spread of other trees , and actions of man , have caused it to become rare . It was once believed to have power against the ' evil - eye ' . The wood was sometimes used for inlaid work ...
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... once enclosed by walls with hawthorn ( sometimes blackthorn ) planted along them . Most of the towns where hawthorn is common are no longer agricultural and the walls have been dismantled for other purposes but the hawthorn continues to ...
... once enclosed by walls with hawthorn ( sometimes blackthorn ) planted along them . Most of the towns where hawthorn is common are no longer agricultural and the walls have been dismantled for other purposes but the hawthorn continues to ...
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... once used extensively to make hurdles to divide plots of crofting land within the main stone boundaries and , similarly woven , to make walls and roofs for the shelter of some of the domestic beasts . Nowadays these stems are still used ...
... once used extensively to make hurdles to divide plots of crofting land within the main stone boundaries and , similarly woven , to make walls and roofs for the shelter of some of the domestic beasts . Nowadays these stems are still used ...
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alder ancestors ancient apple areas Argyll's aspects associated bark Bay-willow beliefs Beltaine benefits berries birch heath blackthorn blossom branches Britain catkins Celtic regions century certainly colour common Cowal Crinan Canal cross-breeding crown customs dark depletion downy birch Druids ecological elder Etive favoured feet fertility festival Flowers folk-lore forest found in Argyll Fruit Gaelic Glen Nant glens Great-sallow Grey-willow ground grow hawthorn hazel height Highlands holly hybrids islands Islay Jura king kingship Kintyre Knapdale leaves legend Loch Loch Etive Loch Fyne Lochgilphead lore magical Male and Female Marion Campbell Mid-Argyll Morvern Mull multi-stemmed mythology native to Argyll Nature Conservancy Council Nature Reserve NORTH LORN nuts once Osier particularly pine planted priests rare reasonable recognised represented reverence ritual role rowan sacred Sallows Scotland sea-lochs seen significant slopes soil specimens status survival symbol taboo Taynish TAYVALLICH timber tradition tree's trunk twigs types usually wild willow winter wood woodlands