Fruitless tree bears fruit. Done at saint's request

Motif

Fruitless tree bears fruit. Done at saint's request.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants. · view the constellation · filed as F971.4

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IrishPlummer cliv, *Cross.
general *Dh II 9
general Alphabet No. 290

Within the index

Filed under Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit.

1 finer motif beneath it

Ash (alder, willow, etc.) tree bears apples ("fair fruit")

Filed beside it

Dry rod blossoms Rose grows from table (stone)Thorn growing in wound becomes tree Flowers bloom in winter Flowers spring up when saint strikes ground Sowing and reaping same day Trees put forth leaves on arrival of God in paradise Creeper which blossoms once only in a thousand years

Travels with

Apple trees bear as result of saint's blessing. (Cf. D950, D981.1, F971.4.)

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