The Tree-life of Argyll: Laws, Habitats, Use of Native Trees and Their Part in Folk-lore and Mythology |
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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