| 单词 | rowan tree |
| 例句 | Surrounded by sea and hills, rowan trees, hawthorn and holly, it had a fragrant compost loo-with-a-view. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z They used to plant rowan trees to ward off witches, she is told. Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #11 – Vera 2012-06-11T13:04:18Z Thrushes perch in flocks on rowan trees / Everything seen and known before. Selected Poems by Jaan Kaplinski ? review 2011-07-08T21:55:07Z We've planted everything from hawthorn and rowan trees, to cherries and pears. My job: What it's like digging graves for a living 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The children presented the monarch with two rowan trees that will be planted as part of the Queen's Green Canopy, a UK-wide tree planting initiative to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee next year. Change needed to tackle climate crisis, Queen says 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Strange that the mountain ash, the rowan tree, should be held in horror by witches. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Most common in cultivation is the European mountain ash called in England the rowan tree. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z These rival in colour and appearance the wealth of red fruit on the rowan trees or mountain ashes. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Starting from the rock, or planted here and there, were many of the ominous rowan trees, or witch-wood. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Its common name in Scotland is the rowan tree; it is well known by its clusters of white blossoms and succulent scarlet fruit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The churn, so often bewitched of its butter, is certain to withstand the evil eye when the churn-staff is manufactured of the rowan tree. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Old superstitions cluster around the rowan tree in all rural sections. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z And if you hear beneath the rowan tree A howling wolf, the sound spells luck to thee, And luck shall helmed warriors bring to thee, If thou such warriors art the first to see. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes The rowan trees, with their clusters of scarlet berries, hung over it, and great clumps of ferns stood on either hand. Under False Pretences A Novel There was nothing more to be seen of the road, nothing whatever, no ditch at the side of it, no telegraph poles, no small rowan trees. The Son of His Mother You could not really see it from the street: only above the first story and blurred, at that, by rowan trees. The Prisoner One mountain ash of Japan is hardly distinguishable from our western species, and some authorities believe that our two native species are but varieties of the rowan tree of Europe. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Direct the children to look for grosbeaks in the pine and rowan trees, where they may be seen feeding on the seeds. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study I have seen the red and green Of fir and rowan tree, And heard the din of flooded linn, With bleating on the lea. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Why is the mountain ash, or rowan tree, seen growing in almost every garden, when not another tree adorns the landscape or shelters the family dwelling? The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The lake, sheltered under the cloak of the hills, is six miles long, and all around its coasts are things of beauty, green velvet mosses, dark broom and heather-clad hills, with rowan trees interspersed throughout. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Oh, dig him a grave by the red rowan tree, Where the spring moss grows softer than fringes of foam! Successful Recitations Then they built a ship without delay, laying the keel with wood from the rowan tree. English Fairy Tales This tree was the mountain ash, which was ever after held sacred; and when these nations were converted to Christianity, they did not fall away from their belief in the sanctity of the rowan tree. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century And the Salmon of Knowledge, the eating of which gave Finn his pre-eminence, swam in a green pool, still and deep, over which hung a rowan tree that shed its red berries on the stream. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland This man did not wait for an invitation to enter, but, having made fast his reins to the branch of a neighbouring rowan tree, walked in and sat down, with a mere "Good day." Stories of the Border Marches The church then subsided into solemn quietness, disturbed only by the chattering of the sparrows on the rowan tree outside. Abbe Mouret's Transgression He hung a swing for them between the two rowan trees in the field, taking care to pack plenty of rag under the rope so as not to injure the tree. Look Back on Happiness If a sheep dropped a dead lamb, the proper precaution to take was to place the lamb upon a rowan tree, and this would prevent the whole flock from a repetition of the mishap. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Then they set to work and built a long ship, and its keel they made of the rowan tree. English Fairy Tales No spell was known to them that could work against a ship whose masts were made of the rowan tree. Stories of the Border Marches A second sparrow followed; and soon from all the boughs of the rowan tree came others that calmly hopped about the flags. Abbe Mouret's Transgression They were already behind the outhouses, then behind the two great rowan trees; they hurried lest Mrs. Brede should see them. Look Back on Happiness The rowan tree possessed a wonderful influence against all evil machinations of witchcraft. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century When he reached the keep, he went off to the witch queen's bower, and when he saw her, he touched her with a twig of a rowan tree. English Fairy Tales The exciseman's horse still stood where his master had left him, hitched to a rowan tree a few yards from the door. Stories of the Border Marches He gathered nigh unto a pint of nuts which gave him some relief; and, as he passed outward again to the pine region, he found a rowan tree loaded with crimson fruit. The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp Wilder the roar of the surf that beat; Whose was the form that it bore to her feet Swayed with the swell of the unquiet sea, While the raven croaked in the rowan tree. The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems The rowan tree was held sacred by the Druids, and is often found among their stone monuments. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Then the imps went forth to meet Childe Wynd's ship, but when they got near, they found they had no power over the ship, for its keel was made of the rowan tree. English Fairy Tales He planted a rowan tree by his porch when he was first inducted into the manse, and it has grown up with him and he loves it as if it were a human being. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Do you remember that low gray house, with the rowan tree over the gate, just by Elizabeth's Home of Rest, where little Kit died? Herb of Grace And watcheth the ebbing and flowing tide, But her eye is dim, and the sea is wide; The fisherman's sail and the cloud flies free And the bird is mute in the rowan tree. The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems It was also believed that a rowan tree growing in a field protected the cattle against being struck by lightning. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century The declivity was clothed sparsely with hazel shrubs, thorns, whins and thistles; and now and then a stunted fir or rowan tree or a group of white-stemmed birks was stoutly rooted on a shelving ledge. Greyfriars Bobby The belief in the potency of the rowan tree to ward off evil is no doubt a survival of ancient tree worship. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Into the harbour the fisher boats ride, But two went out with the ebbing tide, Without sail, without oar, full fast and free, And the raven croaks in the rowan tree. The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems With the sea-drenched locks and the pulseless breast And the close-shut lips which thine have pressed And the wide sad eyes that heed not thee, While the raven croaks in the rowan tree. The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems |
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