Jerry, Forgot to get to my main point. If you mean REAL oak trees, there is a line of them along the old Larkspur train station (behind the buildings bordering the parking lot across from LEFT BANK CAFE in Larkspur). I used to visit them regularly in the 80's to collect oak galls to use in wreaths. Elizabeth Waud --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Elizabeth Waud <ewaud@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Elizabeth Waud <ewaud@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Delete if you don't live in marin County. Jerry Mooreneeds acorns > To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 4:57 PM > > Jerry, > > I'm confused. Are you hoping for "live oak' or what I call > "REAL oak -- white oak, red oak, willow oak, etc. -- i.e. > DECIDUOUS oak. Maybe I'm really out-of-it, but I'm > from NC. Whenever anyone says "oak", I think of every kind > of oak EXCEPT "live oak" since we don't have them in NC. > > Elizabeth Waud > > --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Lauren Boyd <confido@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > From: Lauren Boyd <confido@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Delete if you don't live in > marin County. Jerry Mooreneeds acorns > > To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 1:01 PM > > Jerry: > > > > Perhaps a gathering of acorns, directions for doing so > and > > how to > > germinate might be a good substitute.... or a small > sachet > > of acorns > > with a scroll telling how the symbolism applies to > the > > wedding couple? > > Much quicker to do than germinate 100 > seedlings. > > Much easier for > > people to keep as a momento.... how many would > actually > > plant the oak? > > > > "Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow.." Celtic > > symbolism for wisdom, > > it is also often a symbol of patience and the fruition > of > > long, hard > > labor. The oak is a common symbol of strength and > endurance > > . > > > > In Celtic mythology it is the tree of doors, believed > to be > > a gateway > > between worlds, or a place where portals could be > erected. > > > > In Norse mythology, the oak was sacred to the thunder > god, > > Thor. Norse > > legend that Thor sheltered from a thunderstorm under > an oak > > tree has > > led to the belief that having an acorn on a windowsill > will > > prevent a > > house from being struck by lightning. Some scholars > > speculate that > > this is because the oak, as the largest tree in > northern > > Europe, was > > the one most often struck by lightning. Thor's Oak was > a > > sacred tree > > of the Germanic Chatti tribe. Its destruction marked > the > > Christianisation of the heathen tribes by the Franks. > > > > In Classical mythology the oak was a symbol of Zeus > and his > > sacred > > tree. An example is the oracle of Dodona, which in > > prehistory > > consisted solely of a holy oak. > > > > The Oak tree is traditionally sacred to Serbs and is > widely > > used > > throughout Serbia on national and regional symbols > both old > > and new. > > > > > > Happy Trails, > > > > Lauren<who'd like to hear more of why the acorns > are > > being used for > > this wedding.... and is it Niles' wedding? > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so > > generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > > --------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > > > Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so > generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >