The Beatiful Ash tree Traditional Cache
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This is the third cache on a 4 mile walk round the countryside just outside the village of Bramford. It takes at least 1.5 hours at a reasonable pace. Not suitable for buggies but great for a dog walk. Don’t forget to stop and look behind you now and again at the views over the village and Ipswich. Can get very muddy on the footpaths across the fields.
Suggested parking is in a lay by on the edge of the village at N52°04.364 E1°05.639
Human uses of tree and timber The wood is both strong and flexible. In the past it was used by the Anglo-Saxons for their spears and shield-handles. More recently other uses include tool handles, furniture, sports equipment, walking sticks, tent pegs, oars, gates, wheel rims, and even aircraft wings on the De Havilland Mosquito which flew in World War II.
Tree lore and folklore In Scandinavian myths the ash tree was known as yggdrasil, the ‘Tree of the World’ and the ’Tree of Rebirth and Healing’ . In Britain, the ash was also regarded as a healing tree. In the past a naked child was passed through the split trunk of an ash in a ritual to cure a broken limb or rickets.
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Ng gur onfr bs gur gerr
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