Magickal Trees In Celtic Lore
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Oak
Duir
Power, endurance, strength, triumph of life.
Litha or Summer Solstice.
Sacred to The Dagda, Jupiter.
Tree of Druid {"oak-seer"} sacred groves.
In Wales, makes Beltane fires & Yule log.
To be not Pixy-led, "Turn your cloaks, for fairy folks are in old oaks."
Pour a libation of red wine at its roots.
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Holly
Tinne
Increase, heroism, foresight & defense.
Lughnassad.
Sacred to Lugh of the Long Arm, Celtic sun god;
and to Habondia, Goddess of Plenty.
Holly and ivy cover "Jack-in-the-Green,"
a leaf- clad mummerand chimney sweep who dances
on May Day in England.
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Hazel
Coll
White magick, healing & wisdom.
Sacred to Manannan and the Muses.
"Over Connlea's Well hung the nine hazels of poetry
& art, and science and knowledge."
A forked hazel staff is good for divining, and a straight one for your besom staff.
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