[HPforGrownups] Holly

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 2571

Yeah, I'd asked whoever keeps up the lexicon---sorry, whoever, I'm lousy
with names---about the various traditional connotations of the many woods
that are mentioned that wands are made of. He has a list of the woods and
whose wand; it'd be neat to have the "properties" of each wood listed, too.
I know holly was positive, but for what, I don't recall.

--Amanda

Scott wrote:

> Well of course!
>
> "The Holly and the Ivy,
> When they are both well grown,
> Of all the trees in the wood,
> The Holly bears the crown...."
>
> Not the most-sung Christmas song but certainly quite well known, I'm
> suprised I din't pick up on this Idea of Holly before...
>
> Scott
>
> > While holly  has much more life-oriented associations. It is a
> symbol of
> > Christmas, which is not only the birth of their Savior for
> Christians,
> > but the time when the amount of sunlight in the day starts to
> lengthen.
> > Holly, ivy, and pine got that Xmas gig because, as evergreens, they
> are
> > among the few plants still green and visibly alive in the snow. My
> > friend showed me a medieval Tristan and Iseult tale in which King
> Mark
> > makes a compromise with Tristan: one will have her when the trees
> are
> > green and the other will have her when the trees are bare. King Mark
> > chooses when the trees are bare, since then the nights are longer,
> more
> > time for bed fun with his reluctant wife, but Tristan triumphantly
> > points out that Mark NEVER gets her, since the holly and the ivy are
> > NEVER bare.
> >
>
>
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