I just did this quiz for fun, yet the results do raise questions. What, for instance, do the Holy Child and the constellation Leo have to do with the ancient Celts? Or is Lleu the child being referred to?And what does the tree ogham have to do with the ancient druids? The so-called Celtic tree calendar was concocted by Robert Graves.
The 6th of the 9 Gilgals, the Eagle represents the Fruits of ones Labors. Represented by the Celtic Grain Festival, thrashing games and feasting. The Eagles Tree Ogham is the Vine and is the Granter of Rewards to the Holy Child. Its sun sign is Leo, arrives at Lugnassadh and lasts until the Autumn Equinox
The Bardsey Island apple tree has been dubbed "the rarest tree in the world" by the media, and the fruit and tree "unique" by leading Welsh fruit historian Dr Joan Morgan. Also known as Merlin's Apple, it grows near a cave where the wizard is said to be buried in a glass coffin. The age and origins of this venerable disease-free tree are a mystery. A local well into his seventies commented that the tree "has always been there." Read more about the Bardsey Island apple tree HERE and HERE.
Ever wonder where the expression "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" comes from? Where else but Wales? The saying first appeared as the 1886 Welsh folk proverb:
Eat an apple on going to bed,
And you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.
