Yes, this still happens.
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Originally Posted by goosey
..........., when I was little, I brought some into the house from th garden for my mum and she took it outside and said it was unlucky to have in the house!
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One view is that hawthorn was a great fertility symbol: dancing around the may pole may well have been dancing around the may tree, originally.
When Christianity took hold those things which had been worshipped, regarded as good luck &c were outlawed and regarded as bad luck &c .....
e.g.
The hawthorn tree - Queen of the May