FAIRY TREES - This whitethorn has grown up between two standing stones in Castleruddery stone circle in County Wicklow. An old legend tells of the crown of thorns placed on Christ's head being fashioned from the hawthorn. "The Hawthorn stands between the ashes tall and slim, Like matron with her twin grand-daughters at her knee; The rowan berries cluster o’er her low head grey and dim In ruddy kisses sweet to see." ~Samuel Ferguson, The Fairy Thorn
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