Point South Mexico - Real Estate and Lifestyle Magazine

The ELDERBERRY shrub abounds in superstition in many countries and by different races. In Scandinavian mythology the tree was dedicated to the Goddess of Love, and to Thor, the God of Thunder. It is said that anyone who stands in the shade of an elder tree at midnight will see the King of the Elves go by with his retinue. In Tyrol, the peasants regard it so highly; they raise their hats when they pass by. An old country remedy for toothache is to suck a small twig of elder. Many a Sussex man carries an eldr stick with three or more notches cut into it to protect him from rheumatism. Gloucester people widely suppose that the Cross was made from elderwood and they will not burn any part of the tree.