Serenity 30cm wish stones The distinctive bill of the

The distinctive bill of the snipe accounts for one quarter of its overall length

The wishstone story comes from an ancient tradition of tossing a stone three times while crossing a stone wall and making a wish

Its lonely cry is no longer a common sound throughout Ireland

An angel came to him in his sleep and said "I will be with you from this throughout your lifetime and it is I who will teach you to find that island you have seen and have a mind to go to"

an oak and a yew

Serenity 30cm wish stones The distinctive bill of theThis carving on bog oak or bog yew (shown here in bog oak) represents the human form in meditation or reflection. It is a very peaceful pose. Bog Oak 30cm. Drawing on the Irish landscape for their inspiration, the artists of the Celtic Roots Studio create sculptural pieces of contemporary beauty and ancient meaning, linking Ireland's present with the natural richness of its distant past. From bog oak, yew and pine all of it almost five millennia old