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I’m honoured to be Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and in 2018 I received the Honorary Fellowship of the Society. This book looks at some of Britain’s best-known species of tree (both native and introduced) and reveals the often curious and colourful traditions that are attached to them, together with practical uses, herbal remedies, literary references and all kinds of weird superstitions! In March 2022 a second book was published, this time on the natural history and folklore of birds: ‘ Britain’s Birds – a Treasury of Fact, Fiction and Folklore‘. I’ve written a book entitled ‘ Britain’s Trees – A Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Literature ‘, published by The National Trust. You can read more about hazels in this post on The Hazel Tree… Other things I do…
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Later, while cooking one of these fish for his druid master, a young lad called Fionn mac Cumhaill ate some of the salmon’s flesh in doing so, he gained the salmon’s magical knowledge and grew up to become one of the most heroic figures in Irish mythology. The fish developed bright spots on their scales according to how many nuts they had eaten. An Irish legend tells how a hazel tree grew beside the Well of Wisdom nine hazel nuts fell from the tree into the pool and were eaten by salmon, a fish revered by the druids. Traditionally, hazels were trees of knowledge and poetic inspiration. Every spring, I look for the first catkins braving the cold winds I love the smooth, silvery bark of the trees, the brilliant green of the first flush of leaves, and I love the pure air, the gentle restfulness that abides in the canopy of an ancient hazel wood. I think I’ve always had an affinity with hazels. I want The Hazel Tree to be the kind of blog that I would like to read myself, so I hope you’ll enjoy it, too.
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It’s wonderful to meet people who share the same interests as me. Your comments and suggestions are very welcome.
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In our free time we explore the mountains, islands, rocky coastline, sandy beaches… Scotland is an amazing, breathtaking country, and I’ve visited some places that are as close to heaven as I’ll ever get in this lifetime. I’m a writer, and my husband, Colin, is a wildlife artist. My name is Jo Woolf and I live on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll.