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Subject: little bits of switches As he passed he glanced his eye upon the towers and one of the old elder trees, which were only then little bits of switches.
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какая-то корявая конструкция в тексте... тут видимо имеется в виду switch в значении побег растения/плеть растения/лиана - что-то в этом роде |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crofton_Croker Fairy Legends and traditions of the south of Ireland. ... He drove his cow slowly through the little stream which crosses it, and runs under the old walls of Mourne : as he passed he glanced his eye upon the towers and one of the old elder trees, which were only then little' bits of switches. имхо, речь о деревьях - что тогда они еще были скорее кустами |
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