LW 2 - Hazel Traditional Cache
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This clip box cache has been placed with the kind permission of the woodland trust. Llanteague wood was acquired by the woodland trust in 2000, Woods on your doorstep scheme. The trust project to createin 200 new community woods across wales and England. The wood was designed and planted with the help of local people .
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WALK IS IN THE SHAPE OF THE LETTER 'H' AND IF YOU GO OVER THE STILE YOU CANT GET TO NO 3 - YOU NEED TO BACK TRACK TO THE MAIN PATH.
The Celts believed hazelnuts gave one wisdom and inspiration. There are numerous variations on an ancient tale that nine hazel trees grew around a sacred pool, dropping into the water nuts that were eaten by salmon (a fish sacred to Druids) which absorbed the wisdom. The number of spots on the salmon were said to indicate how many nuts they had eaten.[citation needed]
A Druid teacher, in his bid to become omniscient, caught one of these special salmon and asked a student to cook the fish but not to eat it. While he was cooking it, hot liquid from the cooking fish splashed onto the pupil's thumb, which he naturally sucked to cool, thereby absorbing the fish's wisdom. This boy was called Fionn Mac Cumhail (Fin McCool) and went on to become one of the most heroic leaders in Gaelic mythology.
The Hazel Branch, from Grimm's Fairy Tales, claims that hazel branches offer the greatest protection from snakes and other things that creep on the earth.
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