The Ogham values provided here are simply extra information, and are highly open to interpretation.
Beithe/ birch
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Calendar: Dec 7—Jan 3 (midwinter solstice
at centre of month)
Day: Sunday
Dolmen: base of left doorway
tip of thumb; single leftward stroke; besan (pheasant); ban (white);
red sard (edomite/ rusty red);
Number: 2
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Luis/ rowan
Ogham values
Calendar: Jan 4 —Jan 31 (contains Candlemas
at centre)
Dolmen: second from base of left doorway
Ogham values :
tip of forefinger;
two leftward strokes;
lachu (duck);
liath (grey);
chrysolite (pitdar, clear yellow);
Number:1
Nuin/ ash
Ogham values
Calendar month: Feb 1—Feb 28
Day: Wednesday (Woden’s day) and Mercury
Festival of St Bridget (Brighde) on Feb 1st, contains Imbolc
Ogham:
tip of small finger
three leftward strokes
naescu (snipe)
necht (clear)
beryl (green beryl, bareketh, ‘sea-jewel’ in greek, sea-green)
number: 13
Fearn/ alder
Ogham values
Calendar: Mar 1—Mar 28 contains spring
equinox
Dolmen: top of left pillar
Ogham:
tip of second finger;
four leftward strokes;
faelinn (gull);
flann (crimson);
garnet (pyrope, nophek, bright-red fire-garnet);
Number 8
Seile/ willow
Ogham
Calendar: Mar 28—Apr 25
Dolmen: top left corner. contains its doubled
version ‘SS’ (blackthorn)
Ogham:
tip of littlefinger;
five vertical strokes. intuition;
seg (hawk);
sodath (fine-coloured);
serind (primrose);
ss: smeolach (thrush);
ss: sorcha (bright-coloured);
carbuncle (kadkod, blood-red carbuncle);
number: 16
Huath/ hawthorn
Calendar
Calendar: Apr 26—May 23 (contains
Beltane) ;
Dolmen: second left on lintel
Ogham: first digit of thumb
one upward stroke;
hadaig (night crow);
huath (terrible);
sapphire (sappur, lapis lazuli, dark blue sky);
number: 9
Duir/ oak
Calendar
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Calendar: May 24—Jun 20 (hence 21st
is ‘and a day’ or ‘day out of time’)
Day: Thursday (Thor’s day), Jupiter
Dolmen: centre of lintel, forms beginning
and end of year with tinne/holly
Ogham: kingship;
first digit of index finger;
two vertical upward strokes;
droen(druien) (wren);
dubh (black);
white carnelian (glaring hot);
number: 12
Coll/ hazel
Ogham values
calendar
Calendar: Jul 20 —Aug 16 (contains Lughnasa)
written:
four vertical upward strokes
Ogham values :
hand:
first digit of third finger
dolmen:
extreme right of lintel
bird & colour:
corr (crane) cron (brown)
metal:
sebo or banded red agate
Number: 13
