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Posts tagged with 'hawthorn'

• • May in May
  • by loiswakeman
    

  • in devonlife.blog.co.uk

  • 146 days old
  • At last, the hawthorn is flowering. For me, a still sunny afternoon, listening to flies buzzing, wood pigeons cooing, and smelling the heavy perfume of the may tree is the absolute essence of early summer - something to savour and dream about in the depths of winter. The old saw "Ne'er cast a clout till May be out" has debatable meaning: should... more
  • Tags: + blossom , + country , + may , + proverb , + saw , + saying
• • Flowers across the Universe....
  • by tylluanpenry
    

  • in tylluanpenry.blog.co.uk

  • 170 days old
  • A poetic title for a poetic bit of folklore. In welsh mythology, Olwen is sometimes referred to as 'She of the White track' and closely associated with the Hawthorn tree which is also known as the Whitethorn, and in Pagan terms at least, regarded as feminine. (The masculine equivalent is the Blackthorn or Sloe.) Anyway, it was believed that at... more
  • Tags: + milky way , + olwen