As in the Twisted Oak at Ide, which has a pub named after it as well as its own local legend (http://ukrobertslack.blogspot.com/2011/06/19-june-2011-cycle-exeter-cycle-ride.html). I don't remember seeing spiral grain often in oaks (although it's quite common in sweet chestnut) so a twisty one would make a useful landmark.
Jeremy
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Subject: Re: Fair Is Foul & Foul Is Fair
Keith Briggs wrote:
> Wrong Oak `twisted oak' is also common, and perhaps similar in meaning to Foul Oak.
I have seen trees where the natural vertical splits in the bark are not properly vertical but somewhat spiral.
If so, and if the grain in its wood does the same, that would be a serious nuisance when the tree after felling is split into quarters or wedges or planks.
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