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The Silver Birch at Slinde (Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway) was regarded sacred and no one was allowed to cut any branch from it. It fell in 1874 but prior to that the local farmer would pour ale over the roots of the tree every yule, in a ritual similar to the English custom of wassailing.
Painting - Thomas Fearnley's Old Birch Tree at the Sognefjord,1839
Painting - Thomas Fearnley's Old Birch Tree at the Sognefjord,1839