Pagans still: Wishing tree overburdened

That old saw “You can take the man out of the bog but you can’t take the bog out of the man” is a truism of Irish life, maybe of all cultures.

It is a reminder that no matter how we change, or advance if you prefer, our life, our future is just an extension of our past and every now and then something, some event reminds us of how very close our distant past actually is.