Episode 12 : Trees

[@fordism.01]

I'd love to hear old folk tales of the giants. If you have any. I stopped the council from cutting down a white birch tree outside my mothers home. Told them it's a protected species. Being as there are not to many left . They tried to bypass me so I called the council and told them. Parks and gardens came round and stopped the tree from being cut down. They coppice it every year now

[@mandys1505]

do they need to coppice it? sounds like they are a nightmare.

[@paulg451]

Here in bangkok Thailand, the metropolis is build around many of them, and many are honored

[@James-tc6nv]

Painting trees while listening to this ;-)

[@tellmeastorypodcastwithedd7774]

Amazing!

[@davidfoley3510]

Eddie, you are a lovely man. Your stories are always interesting, and I'm learning.

[@AJ-jf2ui]

I love his voice.

[@seaniepc4]

I come for the stories but I learn so much more from you Eddie. I am in Tipp' and going to look up many of the place names. Thank you for this and May you all have a safe blessed Christmas. I will not be cutting Holly, I do have some in my back garden and my Walking stick is a fine piece of Holly, I did however cut it with out its permission but it serves me well when I walk the dogs... Keeps other dogs away. Thank you.

[@tishainess9339]

Also I love trees especially willows and oaks 💖🌲🌳🌴🎄🎋🍁💖🌲🌳🌴🎄🎋💖

[@dermur68]

I suspect you'd like a book called "Ireland's Trees - Myths, Legends and Folklore" by Niall MacCoitir

[@MADOOOH]

Just came across this podcast today im very excited to dig in! I love Eddie's storys i would love to meet him in a quiet little local and sip on Guinness all day listening to him going on about times of old in Ireland! and im only 29 ha

[@tishainess9339]

Binge listening lol this is the coolest thing EVER I freaking love everything about this mans and his stories 💖💖💖💖

[@dermur68]

Eddie's a national treasure. Great story teller. I had to laugh when I saw your comment, I'm just in the process of making a playlist so I can fall asleep listening to him.

[@EncounterswithStrangeness]

Thoroughly enjoyed, thanks Eddie.

[@durthang1000]

Excellent, this is the first time I have listened on release, I listened to all the previous episodes since I found this series two weeks ago. I also purchased one of your books as a Christmas present for my sister.

[@wendy5871]

Just finished listening to this episode , Thank you for sharing with us all this knowledge you have gathered it is awesome ... and wonderful to hear your voice again

[@mentaldetectingireland]

Listening here.will pass these stories down and everywhere I can tell them .never to the way you can tell them.thanks Eddie.

[@student702]

A picture is nice, but as he himself has said before - it is the recorded voice that brings people together! So good to hear your voice again, Eddie!!!

[@shirleymcalister6719]

Wonderful podcast, thank you! I think only female holly trees produce berries but they have to be pollinated by male holly trees, via bees I would guess! We always brought holly into the house at Christmas - and always after dark! I thought it was because a) It gets dark early and that's the only time we get to cut it.... and b) It's overhanging the fence from the neighbouring property and we don't want them to see us nicking it! 🙄

[@emilyhannon3327]

Making a willow wreath while listening 😊 Love these stories, Buiochas 💚

[@tellmeastorypodcastwithedd7774]

That's very cool!

[@galwaytribesman9289]

Many a dark night I walked home from the pub and I tell you in the dark trees can take on shapes. It starts playing tricks with your mind. It can be scary walking alone on a country road at night and nothing but trees everywhere.

[@jb6368]

I dont think i shall ever see a poem as lovely as a tree,,,,joyce kilmer

[@anidiquaojala1804]

Thank you so much for another valuable talk!. I'd like to hear you speak ab the Shaggy Bush/Hawthorne Tree. I'm interested in it's healing properties, and haven't worked with it yet.

[@dohertyy94]

I just found your channel this morning and I am delighted I did. Thank you for making all these pods. A bright light in these dark time.

[@nicolemilman1795]

Wonderful ☺️ I have had the good fortune of learning about you recently via a Fintan O’Toole book, and now hearing you. It was particularly interesting to learn about alders; my mother is from Finland, and her maiden name in Finnish translates to “alder hill.” I am not sure how connected it is to Judas 🧐 ha. I look forward to hearing you on all these podcasts 🌳🌲 warm regards, Nicole Milman. Massachusetts, USA

[@mikearthur4253]

Another thoroughly enjoyable episode 😊

[@AJ-jf2ui]

It really bothers me when they cut trees. It's hurtful.

[@lynnemurphy114]

💚

[@timothycussen6059]

Ut thermal yaq my dat will come argggg ❤❤❤❤❤

[@tishainess9339]

I cried when trees I've known have got cut down 😢😭 Like, who cares about the sidewalk getting bumpy??? I dont. Rather have the trees and squirrels and birds and shade and something to climb than a damned sidewalk anyways ❤

[@redroots3103]

Tress are Gods and Goddesses to me 💚

[@eriktheranga2410]

Holly grows like Irish people in Victoria, Australia and after hacking holly branches with a machete I've come to appreciate their presence in the wetlands here. Funnily enough I did feel unwell after the last time I did it. I did not ask permission and it was a December afternoon.

[@andyweb7779]

I like growing trees but I have a puzzle. I want to grow white thorn. Yes Eddie, you heard me correctly :D Here's the problem which I'm sure you have already rolled over in your mind before even reading it - how in the blue blazes do I get white thorn seeds without touching the white thorn tree? Is it ok to collect them from the ground around the base of the tree or can I not even walk near it?

[@michaelcaulfield6638]

Míle Buíochas Eddie don scéal

[@peterbrennan2388]

how about apple trees?

[@pdox23]

Yew berries are NOT poisonous, but the seeds of the fruit ARE. And what about Beech trees?

[@marzara5182]

Millions of trees are been cut down for wind turbines ,its a disgrace mature trees prevent flooding and landslides on mountains.

[@GillMosley-wo9mf]

How sad about the Beech trees.

[@feral7523]

For a country that supposedly loves it's Trees we have hardly a wood worth talking about, with the worse coverage of trees in Europe and worse biodiversity of plants and animals in Europe too due mainly to the constant state of wildlife warfare mentality that most farmers have here, an unfortunate legacy of Victorian practices which are held to above all common sense and evidence. I mean just look at most of the mountains in Ireland they should be coated in thick oak, Elm, Rowan Scots Pine etc instead nothing lives on them deserts in all but name due to being overgrazed by numerous sheep & goats, if anyone wants to see what they should actually look like see what thy are donig in Scotland and look at the before and after pictures, before is Ireland as it is now and after is what they used and could to look like.

[@mzfarrell2]

It was the occupiers who cut down and ravaged the forests , killed off animals , savaged the land and the people

[@mandys1505]

the govt works as an industrial force... their idea of the world is a nightmare- the united states bureau of land management is similar- the way they "manage" land and animals. And the farmers are also industrial/ against nature here as well. / ive read that in costa rica, the govt pays farmers to leave wilderness on their farmland and the farmers found that their crops do better. i dont get the mental and spirit disconnect...not to mention basic common sense

[@mandys1505]

​@@mzfarrell2who are "occupiers"?

[@thevideoshop7823]

Poor eddie himself is not outside the grasp of the modern american influence "its a no brainer"

[@parabot2]

Saint Patrick is a fiction , It represents Roman / Christian intolerance of pagan spirituality and native culture . it's all in the History books . The Aed of Sletty commissioned a fellow named Muirchu Maccu to invent Saint Patrick in the 8th century . The idea was to Crush our pagan ancestors , murder the druids etc It's even in the official story ( casting the Druids down Croagh Patrick ) He also burned many Druid books if his confessions are to be believed. 150 Druid Books were burned and on Tara he caused a competition with a Druid Book and the Bible to be thrown into a barrel of water - needless to say the Druid Book sank proving that the Bible was a better book. But hang on , we are repeatedly told that the Druids did not have books ! Also there is no archaeological proof of snakes anywhere in Ireland at any time in the past . The Entire story is just Roman / Christian Propaganda .

[@cosmicman621]

...it is a shame because..Ireland DOES have plenty of..decent..live let live type real monks..from the 5th C onwards,ie St Brendan..the navigator....St Kevin of Glendalough..and so on.St Patrick seems to have been a really aggressive..Roman Catholic Fundamentalist..bent on “ I came..I saw..I conquered.” Druid blood and guts and all that comes with it on his hands...