I don't know how true this is...
'Knotty Ash is also rumored to be mentioned in the nursery rhyme The Owl and the Pussycat, in the line "to the land where the bong tree grows". The bong tree is rumored to be the knotted Ash tree which once stood by an ancient row of cottages called the little bongs'
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Knotty_Ash





Reply With Quote

Bookmarks