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Hawthorn

When Jesus was placed in his tomb after the crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea was said to have planted his staff of hawthorn in the ground during a visit to Glastonbury in Somerset where it grew to produce a 'Holy Thorn' that blooms at Christmas. The hawthorn 'Biflora' is still found around Glastonbury. In country areas the destruction of a hawthorn is said to invite peril and to bring the blossom indoors is a court disaster.