A Yew stood up the road from our house and was part of the scenery . I’d left the village for 7 years but on returning was aware of a strange emptiness until I realised it had completely vanished from the front garden boundary’s of no. 9/ 11 . Within a couple of years the perpetrator of it’s removal had expired also -in spite of being less ancient at around 48 years old. The superstition re these old creatures shouldn’t be underestimated ! Regards from Wessex
So nice video. As you say in Spain we alwo have some places with natural (non planted) yew trees, like Montserrat and some others in northern mountains. I love it and in the shield of Gipuzkoa, a bask province, there are represented 3 yew trees.
When Christianity was introduced, it was quite common for the churches to be built on the religious sites of the previous religion. The church site nearest where I live has been the site of christian worship for a millennium, but there is archaeological evidence of religious practice going much further back than that.
@CommonRaven I was born in a mountainous area in Japan, and sure they're biologically interesting, but they also have a lot of cultural traditions and fascinating stories about trees, perhaps just as many as Britain's. I'd like to see those explained by local people (I, for one, know very little too). I wish every country had a channel like this.
yew bows were legendary and considered absolutely precious according to the sagas of the viking age in Iceland, it may well be that the yew in the Uk is to gnarly and twisted for bowmaking, but yew was used nonetheless. i have a yew bow myself, it has a few knots but it doesnt matter. its quite strong. yew was also considered holy in norse mythology, which must be an ancient tradidion because there is no yew in Iceland, and it was settled in 870. i dont think there is yew in norway either.
Thank you very interesting, I monitor a Yew here in Essex England, it's the oldest one here, most likely planted by the Norman's, but possibly by the Saxons,,very hard to tell, I have thought the bent branches would make excellent long bows, as the wood is so hard and dense, I have recently been wondering would an English Yew grew and survive a Swedish winter -30, are there any in Scandinavia, I once planted an English Horse Chestnut, which survived the winters!!!!! But the growth over many years was tiny
I made a pilgrimage to see the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, in 2015. I love to eat yew fruit, and have even made a jam from it. Food in winter is much appreciated, even if the seed,as with the rest of the tree, is toxic. Note : Taxus, yew; toxos, bow, & toxic, poisonous.
They used the berries on the tips of their arrows which were and still are poisonous (actually the seeds). And it wasnt the English it was the Celts or original British whom still called it the Iber or Eber tree.
More than likely, the archers were protecting their bow strings from the damp, not the yew bow. Wet strings become stretchy and weak, something that you don't want to happen when you are shooting a bow!
Only problem is those Druids didnt call them Yew trees they called them Eber trees where we get the word "berry" from also the root of the word Hebrew (H was added by the Scots like the name Andrew).
yew is one of the most beautiful grained and coloured timbers i love working with it, turning it ect its also extraordinary hard, my family have been working in the sawmill/waterwheel/water turbine industry foe maybe 100 years., me im hoping to finish medicine but i will always have a love for all the types of timber, the guy below me rates larch very highly and so he should its a fabulously strong and long lasting timber much like douglas!!
Defiantly not from saplings. A bow stave has both sapwood and heartwood (see the picture from 0:53 to 1:00 the different colour s of the inside and outside of the bows) and exploits the different properties of the two woods. A tree has to be reasonable mature to be able to cut such a stave.
My friend finds fallen yew pieces and crafts amazing weapong tools and art with them, lamps masks,,,it's the Western yew wich is fairly common here, he only takes the fallen pieces, wich works well because it doesn't rot!
Umm . please could you enlighten me on the source of the stated fact that Druidic people sat in special Groves of Common Yew. Bows can be made quite easily in the UK from Training the Yew during growth and there are as many if not more old Yews outside of Churchyards. Quite a few myths there.
They gathered at the oak, the yew was where the Native Americans burrowed there Shamans, also I know that in the Runic tradition Yew means the way, defender , the path, 180,zero point, evergreen
why didnt u go to the rear of the church where the oldest yew tree is banded with steel its about 700 yrs old and still thriving just take the a69, 7 miles past hexham beltingham
can we see the leaves ? Sacred? If you worship the yew tree that makes you an idolator, breaking the 1st commandment. If someone worships their corvette, it doesn't make the corvette sacred.
They are also the most poisonous and toxic tree in this country. If you were to make needle tea with the yew by accident you would die, if you were to make a fire with the wood by accident and Inhaled much smoke. You would die. It is a beautiful terrible tree and I love it.
The idea that it's sacred is false. A manipulation that occurred many years ago... but the tree was and IS still sacred... but for who and for what purpose?... I think you'll find the answer at 1:57... what does this resemble?... after you have connected the dots, it won't take you long to realise the reason of the facts in the comment you initially made...
The supposed Druidic/Celtic sacred tree link with the yews being found in churchyards is nonsense. The early 6th/7th century Irish church began planting yews near churches in an adoption of the Mediterranean practice of placing evergreens around burial sites - the yew being the most suitable. They were also planted to commemorate saints. This practice was carried by Irish monks to Wales, Scotland and eventually England. The vast majority of churchyard yews were planted at the time of the construction of the church. Certainly in England yew trees older than the adjacent churches would have been markers signifying a place of assembly or a boundary during the Anglo-Saxon period. There is little evidence that the pagan peoples of Britain and Ireland believed the yew to be sacred. And in the case of the Druids - no evidence at all.
A Yew stood up the road from our house and was part of the scenery . I’d left the village for 7 years but on returning was aware of a strange emptiness until I realised it had completely vanished from the front garden boundary’s of no. 9/ 11 . Within a couple of years the perpetrator of it’s removal had expired also -in spite of being less ancient at around 48 years old. The superstition re these old creatures shouldn’t be underestimated ! Regards from Wessex
So nice video.
As you say in Spain we alwo have some places with natural (non planted) yew trees, like Montserrat and some others in northern mountains. I love it and in the shield of Gipuzkoa, a bask province, there are represented 3 yew trees.
Wow, I hadn't realized yew trees can live for thousands of years. Amazing trees!
Supermassive Black Hole A* their is a yew in Derbyshire believed to be 2000 years old
Olive trees can live for thousands of years too.
Any tree can live for thousands of years if no human domestication and interaction.
To curious minds, your videos are always fresh fountainhead of interests. Thank you!
@nottinghamscience This is great stuff- I just watched your whole series and love the history especially. Please keep them coming!
YewTube - for the sacred tree hugger in us all.
When Christianity was introduced, it was quite common for the churches to be built on the religious sites of the previous religion. The church site nearest where I live has been the site of christian worship for a millennium, but there is archaeological evidence of religious practice going much further back than that.
Lol the yew tree next to the church in lumbridge.....X)
Seriously though. lol.
The Sagittarius Archer's bow was made from the yew tree.
@CommonRaven I was born in a mountainous area in Japan, and sure they're biologically interesting, but they also have a lot of cultural traditions and fascinating stories about trees, perhaps just as many as Britain's. I'd like to see those explained by local people (I, for one, know very little too). I wish every country had a channel like this.
Lovin' this dissemination of tree knowledge.
yew bows were legendary and considered absolutely precious according to the sagas of the viking age in Iceland, it may well be that the yew in the Uk is to gnarly and twisted for bowmaking, but yew was used nonetheless. i have a yew bow myself, it has a few knots but it doesnt matter. its quite strong. yew was also considered holy in norse mythology, which must be an ancient tradidion because there is no yew in Iceland, and it was settled in 870. i dont think there is yew in norway either.
Thank you very interesting, I monitor a Yew here in Essex England, it's the oldest one here, most likely planted by the Norman's, but possibly by the Saxons,,very hard to tell, I have thought the bent branches would make excellent long bows, as the wood is so hard and dense, I have recently been wondering would an English Yew grew and survive a Swedish winter -30, are there any in Scandinavia, I once planted an English Horse Chestnut, which survived the winters!!!!! But the growth over many years was tiny
@@paulbutterworthbillericay found a cool plot of land in bc canada with a yew tree. might name my farm after it.
Ullr's tree Thors son
Requires 60 fletching to make
The more yew know!
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the yew is often mentioned in the ghost stories of m r james.
I made a pilgrimage to see the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, in 2015. I love to eat yew fruit, and have even made a jam from it. Food in winter is much appreciated, even if the seed,as with the rest of the tree, is toxic. Note : Taxus, yew; toxos, bow, & toxic, poisonous.
I love these videos, always learning something!
very happy to c.hope u prayed to it.
Is there a bank close to this yew? If so i just got 60 wc, and i'm headin there now!
I use a sauce from the tip of the yew tree and it's very effective for some skin problems- the Naitive Americans used it
@yusukeshinyama thank you!!!
The churches got built round the yew trees
No they didn't.
They used the berries on the tips of their arrows which were and still are poisonous (actually the seeds). And it wasnt the English it was the Celts or original British whom still called it the Iber or Eber tree.
Eboracum, York
@@hobmoor2042 Prove it or get lost.
The berries are the one part of the tree that isn't toxic. Though the inner pip bit is.
@@zoehancock Did I not write that?
More than likely, the archers were protecting their bow strings from the damp, not the yew bow. Wet strings become stretchy and weak, something that you don't want to happen when you are shooting a bow!
What about the significant point that they are one of the most poisonous trees in Europe and where regularly used for that purpose.
Sacred for those who worshipped something else... 1:57... truth is stranger than fiction my friend
Only problem is those Druids didnt call them Yew trees they called them Eber trees where we get the word "berry" from also the root of the word Hebrew (H was added by the Scots like the name Andrew).
@culwin The larch will have it's day... we're just building the suspense!
yew is one of the most beautiful grained and coloured timbers i love working with it, turning it ect its also extraordinary hard, my family have been working in the sawmill/waterwheel/water turbine industry foe maybe 100 years., me im hoping to finish medicine but i will always have a love for all the types of timber, the guy below me rates larch very highly and so he should its a fabulously strong and long lasting timber much like douglas!!
Can these trees grow in the U.S.?
Defiantly not from saplings.
A bow stave has both sapwood and heartwood (see the picture from 0:53 to 1:00 the different colour s of the inside and outside of the bows) and exploits the different properties of the two woods. A tree has to be reasonable mature to be able to cut such a stave.
Those trees are so beautiful! I don’t think we have them in Canada!
My friend finds fallen yew pieces and crafts amazing weapong tools and art with them, lamps masks,,,it's the Western yew wich is fairly common here, he only takes the fallen pieces, wich works well because it doesn't rot!
I,love trees
Yew trees were use to make bows...
thank yew!
Umm . please could you enlighten me on the source of the stated fact that Druidic people sat in special Groves of Common Yew. Bows can be made quite easily in the UK from Training the Yew during growth and there are as many if not more old Yews outside of Churchyards. Quite a few myths there.
There were a few trees that were sacred to pagans ash, oak, yew
They gathered at the oak, the yew was where the Native Americans burrowed there Shamans, also I know that in the Runic tradition Yew means the way, defender , the path, 180,zero point, evergreen
Holy Isle, Wales, look it up to check his sources
My name is Yvette French for Yewtree. hollow you are holy you are sacred! Bless it be!
Original tree huggers
will you be covering the maple tree? for all the canadians who watch your video, which are all great.
So what wood did the english use for longbows then? You never said.
Mainly yew from Spain and Italy, elm and ash
I'm here because i watched "call of the monster" , fascinating tree.
yes
why didnt u go to the rear of the church where the oldest yew tree is banded with steel its about 700 yrs old and still thriving just take the a69, 7 miles past hexham beltingham
thares an old church in my vilage with an even older yew tree
1:57 - the sign of the baphomet... so for who EXACTLY are these trees sacred for...? I think you know.
Watt Wood Yew Dew
ok i stand corrected;)
If you was patient then you would have seen that they uploaded a video of the larch.
The word "berry" comes from the word "Iberia".
can we see the leaves ? Sacred? If you worship the yew tree that makes you an idolator, breaking the 1st commandment. If someone worships their corvette, it doesn't make the corvette sacred.
yeeeeeewwwww! 🏄🏽
Crank dat soulja boy!
They are also the most poisonous and toxic tree in this country. If you were to make needle tea with the yew by accident you would die, if you were to make a fire with the wood by accident and Inhaled much smoke. You would die. It is a beautiful terrible tree and I love it.
The idea that it's sacred is false. A manipulation that occurred many years ago... but the tree was and IS still sacred... but for who and for what purpose?... I think you'll find the answer at 1:57... what does this resemble?... after you have connected the dots, it won't take you long to realise the reason of the facts in the comment you initially made...
interesting info indeed.
The supposed Druidic/Celtic sacred tree link with the yews being found in churchyards is nonsense.
The early 6th/7th century Irish church began planting yews near churches in an adoption of the Mediterranean practice of placing evergreens around burial sites - the yew being the most suitable. They were also planted to commemorate saints. This practice was carried by Irish monks to Wales, Scotland and eventually England. The vast majority of churchyard yews were planted at the time of the construction of the church.
Certainly in England yew trees older than the adjacent churches would have been markers signifying a place of assembly or a boundary during the Anglo-Saxon period.
There is little evidence that the pagan peoples of Britain and Ireland believed the yew to be sacred. And in the case of the Druids - no evidence at all.
The Treeline brought me here
SACRED YEW
YEW?
NO U!
So cool, this must be where the keebller elves live!
longbows are made from sapling ewe trees i think
I saw a dragon near the tree
Yew what?
I was just looking up the meaning of the name Yvonne and this word YEW was in the meaning!?🤔 Ok, then🤷.
Ygdrasil
Its deadly though!
Are you on about the ur an legend which I agree is deadly
Anyone went to this vid because maybe a project about the Iceman's artifacts???
cool
Lord of the rings tree
#SurviveTheJive
YEWW crank that soulja boy!!
Voldemort ,s. wand
Sauve
✨🌴✨ 👶❤️
F Yew!
yewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
WOW! Can you show us more of any hollow yew trees you come across? Hollow is hallowed is holy. You are holy! You are sacred. (That means all of us! 💗)
Yew r at it. 🙄
Game of thrones connections