Meg
The two types have much in common, as you say.
And they are commonly found together in English
churchyards such as ours here. Perhaps there is
a link here of the nature suggested by Brother Anselm.
Ron Hornsby
Burton upon Stather
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Subject: Re: Yew trees
> isn't holly also evergreen? It certainly has red berries. And the
> Christmas carol suggests that there were holly trees, not just
> bushes, in England.
> Meg
>
>
> > Try this one: yew trees are ever green. They link to the scriptural
themes implicit in the first psalm, and Ezechiel 47 (esp v12). And red
berries (I think they have red berries) link to the passion/redemption. It
was probably not conscious, but in the
>
> > Anselm Cramer OSB
> > Ampleforth Abbey, York
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