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flying nut
by amaletska @ 2008-05-05 - 20:35:10

Here I am sitting on the porch and watching the clouds that for all they try don't materialize into the rain... and then suddenly something small comes flying from the neighbour's garden, bounces off the path and ploffs into the pool. Erm?

My first thought: "Is it some unexpected gift?"

There I go to see what has dropped into the garden, literally, out of blue - and find a walnut. Floating in the pool.

I look into the neighbour's garden - nobody. Walnut trees? Nope, not that I can see. Erm... a bird flying over and accidentally dropping the walnut - with almost a scientific precision - on the garden wall which is about 4 inch wide? Well, that's probably the only logical explanation to that. Scientific precision, or pure luck, but I got the walnut! (should I do the jig, I wonder?)

Now... a walnut. A walnut flower is "the remedy for changes" in Bach's flower remedies. There is also a Russian expression "a nut of knowledge" - meaning, if you want to get to the heart of the matter you've got to break thru some barriers - a shell, in this case.

Hm... interesting...

All theories on flying walnuts are welcome!

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skip2468skip2468 [Member]
2008-05-05 @ 23:44

You bring me inner peace. No longer shall I feel embarrassed when everyone here calls me 'Nutty'.

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amaletskaamaletska [Member]
2008-05-06 @ 09:20

oh, wonderful. Inner peace - yes!! :)

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tylluanpenrytylluanpenry pro
2008-05-12 @ 16:52

The walnut can mean many things, including using your brain (because of the shape of the kernel!)

Here are a few:
Carrying walnuts was supposed to enable you to walk without tiring. It also prevented blisters.

The walnut is also a strong symbol of fertility. Like the Apple and the Hazel, the walnut features in ancient marriage customs and was often used as an Aphrodisiac.

In parts of Europe, including the UK there was the belief that you have to strike the nuts off a walnut tree with a stick, in order for the tree to produce a good crop the following year. This is probably closely linked with the old Indo-European idea that ‘striking’ a person, animal, or plant was a way of making it fertile. Hence the old English saying ‘A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you strike them the better they be.’

Those brave enough to fell the ‘lucky’ walnut tree often claim to find a gold coin buried in its roots, suggesting that when it was planted a coin was placed in the earth as an offering to the gods.

Generally, nuts were considered extremely lucky - so a nut landing close to you is probably a sign that something lucky is on its way!

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amaletskaamaletska [Member]
2008-05-12 @ 18:35

Oh, that's excellent! Gold coins are definitely welcome, and so is the good luck! The one about the brain, or the knowledge, is spot on, too, because it has been an important issue for quite some time now...

Thank you dear Tylluan, if I face any other plant mystery, I'll turn to you, if you don't mind :)

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tylluanpenrytylluanpenry pro
2008-05-12 @ 20:37

Glad to be able to help, Amaletska! :wave:

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