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Glastonbury thorn -
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The glastonbury thorn legend ties in Christ's death as
well as the celebration of his birth. The legend goes
that soon after the death of Christ, Joseph of Arimathea
came to Britain to spread the message of Christianity.
When he traveled there from the Holy Land he brought
with him his staff. Being tired from his journey, he lay
down to rest. In doing so, he pushed his staff into the
ground beside him. When he awoke, he found that the
staff had taken root and begun to grow and blossom. It
is said he left it there and it has flowered every
Christmas and every spring . It is also said that a
puritan trying to cut down the tree was blinded by a
spllinter of the wood before he could do so. The
original thorn did eventually die but not before many
cuttings had been taken. It is one of these very
cuttings which is in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey
today.
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