Ireland's Trees & Mythology

Tonight's full moon, on March 3, 2026, is the last full moon of winter and is known as the Worm Moon. Also known as the Sap Moon it gets this name due to the thawing earth that allows earthworms to burrow back up to the surface 🌕 🪱 Enjoy it's beauty buy take care as there is a tale that speaks of fairies who dance in groves, were Oak, Ash, and Hawthorn grow together, beneath the light of the full moon ✨ As their music drifts through the branches, the air hums with enchantment and the trees themselves shimmer with magic...and should you hear this music and place your hand upon any of these trees, you will be swept away to the Otherworld… a realm you may never return from 🌕🪄

In many Irish traditions, the Spring Equinox passes quietly, standing in the shadow of Imbolc 🌱 Yet at Sliabh na Cailleach, the Mountain of the Hag, ancient magic still stirs. In County Meath, the rising sun on the morning of the Equinox reaches deep into the heart of the Hag’s Cairn, illuminating its hidden chamber with golden light ☀️ It is said that at this moment, the Cailleach, the great Hag of Winter, rises from her stone seat and turns to stone herself, her power waning as the land warms and softens 🪨🌿 Winter loosens its grip, and Spring is finally free to quietly unfurl across the hills and meadows 🌱🪄 📸 carrowkeel.com

@ShellPaw Hahahaha I live in this very same bubble!

@Tree_Folklore Mine must be at least satisfied with me because when things go missing they turn up where they were supposed to be exactly 45 minutes later. Every time. I tell the air that was a funny joke and go about my day.

There is an old belief that kindness given freely to the unseen world is never forgotten… and never left unanswered 🪄 One evening, a woman heard a gentle knock upon her door and when she opened it, a stranger stood there, not quite ordinary, not quite known, and asked to borrow her kettle ☕ Without hesitation, the woman placed it in her hands and soon after, the visitor returned again, this time asking for oats. Once more, they were given freely, with a simple wish that they might cook well and bring comfort. But the stranger paused… and insisted the oats be cooked there and then. And as they simmered, she turned and said “If ever you wake to find something missing, do not worry… it shall be returned... better than it was before” Before leaving, she pressed her heel into the earthen floor, marking it with a hollow and said “If ever we should die, or become lost… this hole shall fill with blood” 🩸 Yet forever after the hollow remained dry. And from that day on, whenever small things went missing from the home, they would return again… Not only restored, but in greater measure as well as in finer quality, as though by furnished by magical hands ✨ For the fair folk are said to remember generosity… And where kindness is given without question, their blessings are said to follow in quiet, unseen ways 🌙

@graysing Both excellent choices 🤍 💜

@Tree_Folklore Very hard question as I like so many 😬 I think snowdrops and bluebells are particularly lovely ☺️

Happy Spring Equinox 🌱 What is your favourite early Spring flower?

@Aunty_Bigot Yes!

@Tree_Folklore Dandelion!

@JeanPortley They are definitely pretty excellent 💛

@Tree_Folklore Daffodils.

@SmilGeoff Perfect choice!

@Tree_Folklore Hard to choose, no one wants to lose. I'm all for 💛💛💛

@Lillibelle21 @JudyCorbett Nice photograph! Snowdrops are pretty hard to beat.

@Tree_Folklore Snowdrops ~ dainty yet resilient 🌱🤍🌱 photo by @JudyCorbett

@DebbieKassa Great choice 💜 🧡

@Tree_Folklore Tulips 💐

@richard_cann1 @SmilGeoff You know I haven't seen any heather yet...I'll need to get up into the hills for that!

@Tree_Folklore @SmilGeoff Love gorse flowers! They're such a vibrant yellow! It's lovely to see heather springing into life now too

@TitaniasRealm You too 🪄

@Tree_Folklore Happy Spring Equinox! 🌿🌼🌿

@GreenLivindaily At the very least we can all do our little bit to make things better 🪄

@Tree_Folklore Honestly, I needed to hear this today. A reminder to give without hesitation because maybe the world gives back in ways we don’t see.

@SmilGeoff SMIB

@Tree_Folklore SMIB. Give kindness, receive magikc. 🧚‍♂️💫🧚‍♀️ Happy Ostara. 🌼🦋

@CarlyanneMcCon1 I like this one a lot 🌊

The Magic Pool ~ Margaret Tarrant

Wishing you a magical spring equinox! Nature is waking up 🌿 🎨 Elin Manon

@MarielleHeraud Vous savez bien que nous ne pouvons faire que notre petite part chacun! 🪄

@Tree_Folklore Bonjour, C’est une très belle histoire ,merci ☺️ La bonté est naturelle Ou ne l’est pas , même à notre époque. Plus discrète cependant ✨☘️✨ Passez une bonne journée

@graysing 🪄✨

@Tree_Folklore ❤️

@Glogaynor Yay 👏🏻 💛

@Tree_Folklore We had these little chaps pop up in our front lawn 🥰

"Coming suddenly round a corner into a glade of silver birch trees Edmund saw the ground covered in all directions with little yellow flowers - celandines" 💛 C.S. Lewis from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 📖 🪄

@weejockmcfurr Glad you like it!!!! 🪄

@Tree_Folklore That’s another great story

@LadyLeo1976 I hope so....actually I don't know I mean if grumpiness works the same way I'm in trouble.

@Tree_Folklore Absolutely love this and I do believe if kindness is given without strings it is returned threefold at some point.