ON THE OLD AND ItKMAKKABLE ASH TKEES IN SCOTLAND. 141 



prevail, and it is an at-knowlcHl^cd and tinic-Iionourcd cu,st<jiii 

 that for every crach wliich tlie bands of the Asliton faggot make 

 when bursting, from heing charred tlirougli, tlie master is bound 

 to furnish a fresh bowl of liquor! Tliese, and the fact of so 

 many ash trees being planted in country churchyards, and near 

 old monastic ruins, clearly ]ioint to the tree having l)een held 

 in superstitious reverence from some old legend now lost or 

 forgotten. 



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