" ...But Cormac shook the branch amongst them, and when they heard the soft sweet music of the branch they forgot ill care and sorrow and went forth to meet the youth, and he and they took their departure and were seen no more. Loud cries of weeping and mourning were made throughout Erin when this was known; but Cormac shook the branch so that there was no longer any grief or heaviness of heart upon any one."

From More Celtic Fairy Tales, collected by John Jacobs (originally published 1894).

The Craebh Ciuil, one of the three treasures of Cormac. The "apple branch", silver branch with it's tiny, musical, apples...

I figured I'd post a picture of my own "Apple Branch"