Richard Skelton - An Ash-Tree Which The Ignorant Call Holy

Tracklist

1	Æsc (First Branch)	19:36
2	Æsc (Third Branch)	19:36

Notes

Third in the Archival Series, this album was recorded in 2005, at the same time as ‘Stolen Ground’ (from ‘Landings’ by Carousell, SRL04 ). Additional violin parts were recorded in the autumn of 2013.

The title translates the following line from a pre-Conquest charter “quendam fraxinum quem imperiti sacrum vocant” and – notwithstanding its inherent prejudice – is a fascinating glimpse of pagan belief (and specifically tree-worship) in medieval England.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Richard Skelton	An Ash-Tree Which The Ignorant Call Holy ‎(2xFile, FLAC, Album)	Corbel Stone Press	none	UK	2013