{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"59 Rowan and Red Thread: The Celtic Tree of Protection at Samhain","description":"In this episode Where we stand on the Wheel of the Year: the week before Samhain, the Hunter\u2019s Moon in Taurus, the Orionid meteor shower, and the start of Scorpio season with Mercury and Venus retrograde Rowan\u2019s many old names, the tiny five-pointed star on every berry, and its place in the Irish ogham How Scottish families used rowan wood and red thread to guard the hearth, the butter churn and the cattle, and the old Scots rhyme that went with it The Irish tale of the Quicken Tree of Dubhros, a rowan that fed, healed and sheltered two lovers on the run A traditional rowan and apple jelly, the old Highland companion to venison and game How to make a red thread protection charm from the trees that guard your own home     Herb featured: Rowan, also called mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia, with the native American mountain ash, Sorbus americana). Rowan berries are never eaten raw. They\u2019re used only cooked, as in jelly. Be certain of your tree before gathering, and leave plenty for the birds.   Join the free Samhain circle: \u201cThe Thinning Veil: A Samhain Circle of Herbs and Remembrance,\u201d Sunday, October 25, on the eve of the Hunter\u2019s Moon. The link is in this week\u2019s newsletter, \u201cA Red Thread on the Kitchen Door.\u201d If you can\u2019t join live, a recording will follow.   From the Herbary Archive: Episode #08, \u201cOne of Windsor,\u201d the story of Alse Young, the first woman executed for witchcraft in the American colonies, in Hartford in 1647. Click here to listen https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/15432050   \u270d\ufe0f Join my Newsletter! 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