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The Folk-lore of Plants
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T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Rowan-ash,
and
red
thread,
Keep
the
devils
from
their
speed."
In
the
same
way
the
mothers
in
Esthonia
put
some
red
thread
in
their
babies'
cradles
as
a
preservative
against
danger,
and
in
China
something
red
is
tied
round
children's
wrists
as
a
safeguard
against
evil
spirits.
By
the
aid
of
comparative
folk-lore
it
is
interesting,
as
in
this
case,
to
trace
the
same
notion
in
different
countries,
although
it
is
by
no
means
possible
to
account
for
such
undesigned
resemblance.
The
common
ash
(Fraxinus
excelsior),
too,
is
a
lightning
plant,
and,
according
to
an
old
couplet:
"Avoid
an
ash,
It
counts
the
flash."
Another
tree
held
sacred
to
Thor
was
the
hazel
(Corylus
avellana),
which,
like
the
mountain-ash,
was
considered
an
actual
embodiment
of
the
lightning.
Indeed,
"so
deep
was
the
faith
of
the
people
in
the
relation
of
this
tree
to
the
thunder
god,"
says
Mr.
Conway,[5]
"that
the
Catholics
adopted
and
sanctioned
it
by
a
legend
one
may
hear
in
Bavaria,
that
on
their
flight
into
Egypt
the
Holy
Family
took
refuge
under
it
from
a
storm."
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