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Thread #119346   Message #2587607
Posted By: John MacKenzie
12-Mar-09 - 07:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Botany Q: Irish thorn botanical name?
Subject: RE: BS: Botany Q: Irish thorn botanical name?
Hawthorn is reputed to have magical qualities. While the blackthorn which is mentione in Rocky Road to Dublin, is the Sloe.
There is thorn at Glastonbury which is reputed to have been planted by Joseph of Arimithea
Some hawthron myths and legends here