Aradia - Italy - A woman said to be conceived from the union of Lucifer and Diana Queen of witches. She is considered Messiah of Witches who taught humans witchcraft. She was born August 13, 1313 and was in hiding from the church as she taught. This is documented from noting the rise of witchcraft by Bernardo Rategno, an Italian Inquistor 1508. He believed it was a direct result of her efforts. She created a manuscript The ‘Gospel of Witches’ before she was caught by the Inquisition and burned. It was published in 1899 by C.G. Leland a folklorist. Walnut is her tree. Carya - Greek - The gift of prophecy was given to the three daughters of the King Dion and Queen Iphitea of Laconia by the God Apollo. Carya fell in love with Dionysus. Her sisters tried to prevent his affections toward her which betrayed a God. As a result she and her sisters were struck with madness by Dionysus. . They went to Mt. Tagyetus where her sisters became rocks, and Carya changed to the Walnut tree. She is also known as the lady of the Nut-tree. Her priestesses were called Caryatidai and performed the yearly dance called Caryateia. Colbert Ferry Walnut - Tennessee River, Alabama - A huge walnut tree 14 ½ feet in girth and 78 feet in height. It marks the site of a ferry that connected the Natchez Trace with the Tennessee River. It was run by the chief of the Chickasaws in the early nineteenth century by the name of George Colbert. Chief Colbert is said to have refused crossing to Andrew Jackson in 1812 because he did not have money for the fare at the time. General Jackson Black Walnut - Sheffield, Alabama - This is the tree where Gen Jackson has been reported to camp. This is the site of the General’s troop camped after the New Orleans campaign. The General returned and worked at the development of the towns of York Bluff and Sheffield Alabama. George Washington Walnut Tree - Maplewood, New Jersey - According to local history George Washington visited Timothy Ball, a close relative, before and after the Battle of Springfield. He would tie his horse to an old iron ring that was attached to the trunk of this tree. To Shoulder Walnut - American Civil war - A slang of the time meant to enlist. It was in reference to the Black Walnut in the gunstocks. Later in WWI it evolved to mean the ignition of starting the Propellers on Airplanes which were made of Walnut. Witches’ Walnut Tree - Benevento Italy - A tree that is said to be the manifestation of Roman Goddess Diana. Strega Witches would dance and celebrate and rituals would be performed with sacrifices of animals made before battles under its branches. In the year 622 A.D. Saint Barbato converted the longobard Duke Arechi II of Benevento to Christianity and had the tree cut down. Wright Brothers Walnut - Storm Lake, Iowa - This tree was grown from a walnut that came from the original tree Wilbur and Orville Wright planted on their airfield near Dayton, Ohio, where they gave flying lessons.
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