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    What evergreen plant was sacred to the Druids?

    Question #28482. Asked by arthur. (Feb 21 03 10:22 PM)


    Siskin

    		http://www.angelfire.com/mo/mystuff/yule.html

    Would your surname be Pendragon by any chance?

    Rowan, Holly, Ivy, Blackthorn, Yew, Spruce, Pine, Gorse - all sacred to Druids as in the above link, but the most mentioned is - Mistletoe.

    Feb 22 03, 1:20 PM
    Jigsaw

    		The yew tree - held saced or millenia. Christians later built churches near yew trees to usurp the site used by older belief systems

    Feb 22 03, 10:16 PM

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