Re: Ogham: Spindle TopazOwl Fri Apr 6 11:16:42 2001 mike wrote,*br*: Searles wrote,*br*: : Among other things, the Ogham Spindle (or Oir) represents *br*: : Bealtaine. *br*:*br*: i would think that hawthorn would be the ogham that *br*: represents bealtaine...since beltaine takes place when the *br*: hawthorn blooms (or so i wuz told)- up north at muin mound *br*: grove-adf, we did not have hawthorn on the property, but we *br*: had a hybrid type of hawthorn , which bloomed at the same *br*: general time (this is when skip says beltaine truly takes *br*: palce).*p* The hawthorns in my grove don't flower until June. If I was to wait for them to announce Bealtaine it would be Midsummer. :-)*p* Fact is, there are over 2000 species of Hawthorn, and they don't all bloom at the same time.*p*Leigh*p* Re: Ogham: Spindle mike 813 Fri Apr 6 09:25:24 2001