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ECOWOODDECOR 200 pcs. 100% Natural Birch Twigs for centerpieces, for Crafts, Set of 4 Bundles Birch Branches for vase Decoration, DIY, Wedding Decoration Birch Twigs

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Easy-care evergreen pots to add interest and structure to your garden all year round. 10+ plant choices for evergreen trees, shrubs and grasses for pots. Fungus are common on the woodland floor with Fly agaric, Woolly milk cap, Chanterelle, and the Birch polypore closely associated with the birch. Contrary to what the name suggests, a birch rod is not a single rod and is not necessarily made from birch twigs, but can also be made from various other strong and smooth branches of trees or shrubs, such as willow. [1] A hazel rod is particularly painful; a bundle of four or five hazel twigs was used in the 1960s and 1970s on the Isle of Man, the last jurisdiction in Europe to use birching as a judicial penalty. [2]

Downy birch have less jagged margin teeth than the Silver birch, and the leaves are diamond-shaped, and less rounded. However, the two birches frequently hybridize, hence me popping them into the same blog. MacEoin, Uinseann (1997), The IRA in the twilight years 1923-1948, Argenta Publications, Dublin, pg 456, ISBN 0951117246The belief that birch switches would drive out evil spirits probably explains their use in the corporal punishment dealt out to naughty schoolchildren – and more serious offenders – for many centuries. Witches’ brooms or besoms are usually constructed of birch twigs lashed to a handle of hazel. (Not that I have one myself!) Both silver and downy birch thrive in a wide range of soils, but the downy birch is more tolerant of waterlogged conditions. In Scotland, silver birches are abundant in the eastern and central highlands, where the climate is generally dry but cold; downy birches are more prevalent in the western uplands and coastal fringes, where the land tends to get more of a soaking. Birch woodland on the banks of Loch Long

Because they rarely live beyond 100 years of age, birch trees rarely achieve a great size, and consequently their use in furniture making is limited. When it is available, birchwood reveals a tight grain that may range in colour from red to white. Mature birch above Loch Tay Silver birch bark is what gives the tree its name. It’s paper white, and can be peeled from the tree in sheets. There are often dark diamonds present, and older trees may have far darker trunks, especially towards the tree base. In folklore, the birch has deep connections with love and fertility, and is personified as Queen of the Woods, a very feminine presence. Wreaths of birch were once woven as love tokens. A birch ‘switch’, when used to herd a barren cow, was thought to promote pregnancy; if it was a fertile cow, she would bear a healthy calf. Downy birches in Knapdale

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It never stops to astonish me how often the Cailleach appears in Scottish folk traditions. The Yule log – called the Cailleach Nollich, the Christmas Old Lady or Oldwife in Scotland – derives from a female figure chalked onto the log. (Interestingly a figure of a man was chalked in a similar fashion in Cornwall). The outline of the chalked woman would burn away as the fire grew – charring the old wife. Some suggest this replaced the proprietary sacrifice required at this time. This ‘sacrifice’ helped keep death at bay until next Yule. A gift demands a gift. A life demands a life. Or so the story goes. The Isle of Man caused a good deal of controversy by continuing to birch young offenders until 1976. [8] [9] The birch was also used on offending teenage boys until the mid-1960s on the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. Transform your garden with these easy DIY tips and creative ideas. From a bare yard to a flower-filled space – all on a budget! Ash has so much folklore surrounding it; it’s hard just to focus on a few elements. There is no doubt the tree was held sacred by the people of the UK and beyond. According to Hesiod, the people of the third age of the world (Bronze Age) were born of the Ash tree. Teutonic mythology argues the first people came from the Ash tree with links to Yggdrasil, the world tree, spine of the worlds. Ash and human birth are linked in many ways. In the Highlands, the midwife would make sure the first thing a newborn ate was ash sap. She did this by placing a green ash branch into the fire and letting the sap drip out the other end onto a spoon, feeding it straight away to the bairn just born. There are three species of birch present in Britain. Two of them, the silver birch ( Betula pendula) and the downy birch ( Betula pubescens), are pretty much widespread, while the third, the dwarf birch ( Betula nana), is confined largely to the highlands of Scotland.

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