Rowan probably tops the list, its power renowned in tales from all over the country, from the Borders to the far north. Mine are up the burn near our boundary so to collect some branches on ...

Writing a little over a century ago, Violet Jacob [1863-1946] tells that when she heard the blood-curling screech of a nearby warlock and ‘the hert wad dee in me, there was aye the roan tree wi ...