Its double represents the Blackthorn, or Sloe. Top C is for Coll, and so CC is for Quert, meaning Apple. There may have been a partial taboo against eating apples, which may have been reserved for royalty or the priesthood. In many religions, including Judaism, the mystic and ineffable name of God is formed solely from vowels. None of the consonants has any significance until it is combined with one or more vowels.
Some languages omit vowels in writing.
In Greece, the tree was sacred to Artemis. Throughout northern Europe, it was associated with childbirth. Also, the famous Trojan horse was made of silver fir, since it was dedicated to Athene, and because it was in the sacred form of the Mother Goddess as a horse, it represented in Britain and Gaul the goddess Epona. This prickly bush with its bright golden flowers typifies the Sun at vernal equinox. It is associated with bees and Midsummer.