“Oh, apples are found in the legends and mythology of many cultures around the world, dear. They’re connected to healing and renewal, to immortality, and also to youth and beauty and fertility. You know, in Greek mythology, a golden apple was the real cause of the Trojan War. And in Norse legends, there is an apple tree in Asgard which will give eternal youth to anyone who eats of its fruit. Here in England, the ancient Celts and Druids believed that apple trees were sacred, and in the old laws, chopping down an apple tree was punishable by death.”
