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===== Itinerary ===== | ===== Itinerary ===== | ||
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==== * Oak, Eik, Chêne, Quercus robur ==== | ==== * Oak, Eik, Chêne, Quercus robur ==== | ||
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=== More about the oak === | === More about the oak === | ||
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Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape. | Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape. | ||
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==== * Elder, Vlier, Sureau, Sambucus nigra ==== | ==== * Elder, Vlier, Sureau, Sambucus nigra ==== | ||
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// The best way to listen to the elder, is to smell its flowers, to touch its spotted skin, to taste its leaves and to look closely at all its details. // | // The best way to listen to the elder, is to smell its flowers, to touch its spotted skin, to taste its leaves and to look closely at all its details. // | ||
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Notwithstanding these negative beliefs, elder continued to be put to such a wide range of medicinal uses that the mediaeval herbalist John Evelyn called it "a kind of Catholicon against all Infirmities whatever" | Notwithstanding these negative beliefs, elder continued to be put to such a wide range of medicinal uses that the mediaeval herbalist John Evelyn called it "a kind of Catholicon against all Infirmities whatever" | ||
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+ | ==== * The Kissing Trees ==== | ||
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+ | === * Hornbeam, haagbeuk, le charme, carpinus betulus === | ||
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+ | friends: meikever, boomklever en bosmuizen houden v an deze boom | ||
+ | duties: hout wordt gebruikt voor hakblokken in slagerij, stampers, kammen in molenwieken, | ||
+ | character: integriteit, | ||
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+ | // Look at trees as if they were individuals and think of their variety in race, age, … // | ||
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+ | === * Ash, es, le frêne, fraxinus excelsior === | ||
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==== * Hazelnut, hazelnoot, noisetier, corylus ==== | ==== * Hazelnut, hazelnoot, noisetier, corylus ==== | ||
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// The branches of the hazel are very flexible and strong, find out for yourself: touch, bend, climb // | // The branches of the hazel are very flexible and strong, find out for yourself: touch, bend, climb // | ||
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+ | ==== * Alder, els, l' | ||
- | ==== * Hornbeam, haagbeuk, le charme, carpinus betulus ==== | + | La: 50.7919 |
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- | gespierde jerom | + | {{:aldertreeleaves.jpg? |
- | friends: meikever, boomklever en bosmuizen houdenv an deze boom | + | |
- | duties: hout wordt gebruikt voor hakblokken in slagerij, stampers, kammen in molenwieken, | + | |
- | character: integriteit, | + | |
- | // Look at trees as if they were individuals and think of their variety in race, age, … // | ||
+ | roots in water | ||
- | ==== * Alder, els, l' | + | // think of different ways of reproduction // |
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- | // think of different ways of reproduction // | + | ==== * Silver birch, zilverberk, le bouleau verruqueux, betula pendula ==== |
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- | ==== * Larch, lork, le mélèze, larix ==== | ||
- | {{:larchsky.jpg? | + | Duties: from cradle to cradle: everything can be used, sap is used for wine, honey, sugar and can be drank in spring as a long-life-elixir; |
+ | character: Lady of the Woods, symbol of light, new spring, elegance & grace | ||
- | Friends: toads, bats | ||
- | Duties: wood is used for fences, bats, staircases, telephone poles | ||
- | Character: is a pioneer, the first to come back after the ice age, can survive in very austere environments, | ||
- | check story on tannine | ||
- | // We thought of birth, when you walk on, think how is death present | + | // what trees are missing? |
- | ==== * Silver birch, zilverberk, le bouleau verruqueux, betula pendula | + | ==== * Larch, lork, le mélèze, larix ==== |
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- | Duties: from cradle to cradle: everything can be used, sap is used for wine, honey, sugar and can be drank in spring as a long-life-elixir; | + | {{:7_lork1.png? |
- | character: Lady of the Woods, symbol of light, new spring, elegance & grace | + | |
- | // what trees are missing? | + | Friends: toads, bats |
+ | Duties: wood is used for fences, bats, staircases, telephone poles | ||
+ | Character: is a pioneer, the first to come back after the ice age, can survive in very austere environments, | ||
+ | check story on tannine | ||
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+ | // We thought of birth, when you walk on, think how is death present | ||
==== * Beech, beuk, le hètre, fagus sylvatica ==== | ==== * Beech, beuk, le hètre, fagus sylvatica ==== | ||
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