Ogham Studies-Straif ( Blackthorn )

[James Parton]

Straif

The sinister Blackthorn,
Of the dark Moonless Night,
A weird, eerie tree, sworn
To put evil to flight.

A tree of dense thickets,
a strong boundary wall,
And sharp thorn pickets,
That prevail against all.

She dances the Dark
and magic she’ll weave,
For she is the Monarch
Of Samhain Eve.

http://www.druidry.org/board/dhp/viewto ... 89&t=19056

By Fitheach

Does anyone here on ENTS know of any significant Blackthorn populations here in the US? Hey, Will, do you know of any here in the North Carolina Mountains?

[Steve Galehouse]

James-

Blackthorn is the same as sloe(think "sloe-gin fizz"), Prunus spinosus, a Eurasian species---one of our native plum species would be the most similar.

Steve