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The Tree of Luck

from The Woods by Hamish Napier

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    - an epic 28-page, 6000-word booklet with native tree facts & Highland folklore
    - a beautifully detailed drawing of the Caledonian forest by Somhairle MacDonald
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4. The Tree of Luck 3:19

For letter 'G' of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet.

- GÈANAIS [gen-ish], gean, wild cherry, craobh-shirist, Prunus avium.
- GLOCAN [glloc-an], Bird cherry, fiodhag, donn-rùsg, hagberry, hackberry, Prunus padus.

Please note 'G' also stands for 'Giuthas' (Scots Pine) represented in track 15 of the album as - 'The Tree of Return'.

There are two native cherries. ‘Gean’ is the bigger tree with sweet yellow berries that ripen to reddish-purple, and ‘Bird’, which is smaller with sour black berries. Bird is commonly seen with alder along the banks of the Spey.

Gean is rarer in nature, they are fairly short-lived and seldom appear in more than ones or twos. Highlanders thought it auspicious to come across one. Gean pops up in opportune spots away from the competition of other trees, wherever a bird has randomly dropped the cherry stone.

Both cherries are strikingly ornamental, with dazzling white spring blossoms, drifting petals and vivid-orange autumn leaves. Many a bard sang of the “cherry cheeks” of beautiful lassies.

Both berries could be made into a devilish brandy that was forbidden in 18th century Strathspey due to the wild effect it had on the local forestry workers.

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from The Woods, released March 21, 2020
Musicians:

HN: whistle, piano
JL: bass
SB: guitar, drums

All tracks composed by H Napier PRS/MCPS.

Produced by Andrea Gobbi & H Napier.

Arranged by S Byrnes & H Napier.

Recorded, mixed & mastered by A Gobbi at GloWorm Recordings & Carrier Waves, Glasgow.

Additional recordings by Barry Reid on location in Hamish’s livingroom, Grantown-on-Spey.

Field recordings by H Napier, W Boyd-Wallis and P Smith.

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Hamish Napier Grantown On Spey, UK

Hamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands.

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