In Sherwood Forest there exists an oak tree called the 'Greendule Oak,1 "Which has a carriage-way cut right through it. More than a century and a-hnlf. ago, the then owner ~£ this tree laid a wager that he had on his estate a tree through which, if a hole was cut, he could drive a carriage and four. IT e won his bet by cutting au arch iOft 6in high by 6ft 6in wicfa in this famous tree, and driving a srtecielly constructed coach and four through, it.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 136, 10 June 1898, Page 2
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