The name Ristniittu ("cross meadow"), here seen on a map from the second half of the 18th century, was given to the area of the ancient #hiisi ("sacred grove") in Pertteli, Finland, after it had been destroyed by the Church, because a large wooden cross was erected there once the trees were felled, the stones smashed and their pieces scattered, and the soil plowed. The cross has long since rotted away, and the exact location where it stood is unknown.

Should the grove be recreated by planting trees on the meadow? "No", says Kalervo Mettala, who has studied the hiisi tradition. He continues: "Planted parks and gardens have nothing to do with the hiisi culture that existed for millennia. If something is to be done, then a fence could be built around the meadow and thus the area can slowly become naturally reforested. A hiisi cannot be created with machines or technology, or in a short period of time. It is a project for a thousand years."

He said his American wife made him remember his love for his own Scottish background. I do feel that transplanted people often respect and revere the homelands that their tribesmen who never left often overlook.

Then he goes into how the pipers picked up the melody so fast and very soon it was an emotional enrapture.

I’m not musical at all. But I find my lyrical poems have imitated English-Scots border ballads when I had no intention of doing so.

The blood within you sings when you surrender to it. I recommend playing this to the end, even if you know the song. If you’ve got a bit o’ Scots blood in ye, you feel it every time.

https://youtu.be/QHGI2XvYkxc

Plato: On Writing – In fact, it will introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learn it: they will not practise using their memory because they will put their trust in writing, which is external and depends on signs that belong to others, instead of trying to remember from the inside, completely on their own. You have not discovered a potion for remembering, but for reminding; you provide your students with the appearance of wisdom, not with its reality.

Plato, Phaedrus c. 370 BCE

Lemon balm has different medicinal properties

https://youtu.be/ogfQyU0CzRM