Fat birds - not in Newcastle. Except in old copies of Viz.

(But I bet it's been done by now). Bet you it's not. The tree skills are mainly lost. Urban deskilling - I've got them - nobody wants them. Chainsaw and chipper is all they teach now. Same with stone. Funny the line of consciousness - bit of tree cut for Queen - rest of tree cut off for a protest - student protest in London - heir and consort get jostled. It always seemed that the Holy Thorn was a druidic memory, of a sacred grove, that had adapted a Christian myth in order to survive. A shilalagh is traditionally blackthorn.