Once again, it’s time for MrsT’s quizzes to branch out and spread their roots, and this round... you’ve guessed it, its trees! They help regulate our climate and provide food and shelter for a whole host of animals as well as providing us with a variety of resources, we might otherwise take for granted. Let’s face it, what wood (pun intended) the world be without trees? They come in all shapes and sizes, as do the leaves and fruit that they bare and yes, I was one of those kids who loved the school trip to Westonbirt Arboretum. For the next 12 weeks, I will leaf you with a clue or two about trees for you to mulch over.EnjoyMYSTERY TREE QUIZ #8
Clue: For the love of branza.
P.S: sorry for delay in posting, busy day!
Must pay more attention - a familiar phrase from my end of term reports :(
Cin J
Still on the cypress theme, Juniper is a member of that family. Juniper berries have been used to create love potions and spells.
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Germain said:Must pay more attention - a familiar phrase from my end of term reports :(
Sounds like my old reports too
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
Clue: It is of grave concern to prevent udder chaos.
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First of all: Happy New Year to everyone!
I think I have to change tack, because most probably Ray and ClaireM are right with "Cypress". I could no find anything about kinds of wood used in cheese-production, but I talked with my parents about trees panted on graveyards and read up in one of my father's books about plants used as medicine. My father is sure that cypress-trees are traditionally planted on graveyards, and extracts from cypress are/ were used as disinfectant and insect-repellent among other purposes (these two sound very useful in context with cows), and as a treatment against varicose veins (do cows tend to have them at their udders?).
Yours, Bente
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the only thing I found in connection to last clue was Brosimum also called cow and milk tree also used for cheese making
But its not British
just going to shake my Christmas tree and have words with The fairy lol
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic
I'm even more confused after the latest clue, so no change there.
Elm was traditionally used for coffins because it doesn't rot in water. Could that be the grave connection? Don't know what the connection to cheese or cow's udders though.
My research has found that in Scottish folklore a Birch stick used to herd a cow would help a barren cow to become fertile and a pregnant cow to give birth to a healthy calf.
I'm going to stick to Birch as my answer although I don't know what the "grave" connection is.
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thinking of Cheese what about trees in the cheddar gorge
three white beam are endangered
Cheddar whitebeam
twin cliffs whitebeam
goughs whitebeam
the goats are a worrying concern eating these trees
could this be the grave concern
but can't connect to branza
The greeks wrapped branza in Fir tree bark as Wendy as already said
just throwing more Ideas in
Ummm... cheese. Yum.
mmmm is thst saying Cheddar whitebeam I wonder