May 13 – June 9: Hawthorn In the midst of spring, hawthorn is the birth month tree to take center stage. In the Celtic Tree Calendar, hawthorns represent love and protection.

The Celtic cross has not vanished totally from use, however. There was a brief return to the cross for the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, to commemorate the club’s centenary, with that badge still ...