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Old 22-03-2008, 03:57 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 22/3/08 15:25, in article , "K"
| wrote:
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| Sacha writes
| still others wouldn't allow it to be used to me furniture or cradles
| I would have thought that was more a matter of practicality
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| According to folklore, it was superstition. If you really believed that
| witches could turn themselves into elder trees, you wouldn't put your baby
| to sleep in a cradle made of witch!

Well, I had a great-aunt who went through a ritual to become a witch :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.