Nosmo King
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Can anyone shine any light on why this tree is studded with coins?
Is it in Scotland? I think they have something like that there. A bit like throwing pennies into a well for good luck. But I'm probably wrong!
Im not sure where it is i found the pic along with lots of otjer weird photos hereIs it in Scotland? I think they have something like that there. A bit like throwing pennies into a well for good luck. But I'm probably wrong!
Awwww, the chunky squirrel got stuck!! Lol!Im not sure where it is i found the pic along with lots of otjer weird photos here
https://izismile.com/2018/04/11/odd_things_found_by_people_around_the_world_24_pics.html
Is it in Scotland? I think they have something like that there. A bit like throwing pennies into a well for good luck. But I'm probably wrong!
There's one near me in England.no, this is definitely a thing! I don't know if it's specifically Scotland though.
It's a back scratcher for a giant...
According to beliefs that date back to the beginning of the 18th century, one could rid herself of an illness by sticking a coin into a wishing tree so that the tree would assume the illness. If a person pulled one of the wishing tree’s coins out, he would become ill. Others thought that they would be granted a wish once the coin was driven past the bark and into the tree’s wood.
There's a tree stump in Happy Valley in C****r that's similar .. 2p coins pushed into it but only a few so far. I'll try to get a photo of it and post it here. (no sarcasm intended .. there actually is one).no, this is definitely a thing! I don't know if it's specifically Scotland though.
Same sort of idea as tying rags to a thorn I think?
I think that tree might have had too much disease, it deadApparently, they’re called Wishing Trees. If you have an illness, your coin gives it to the tree. If you take a coin, you get an illness.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/great-britain-wishing-trees
Thank you .. I never knew that. I like trees though so I won't to that to this one.Apparently, they’re called Wishing Trees. If you have an illness, your coin gives it to the tree. If you take a coin, you get an illness.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/great-britain-wishing-trees
Can anyone shine any light on why this tree is studded with coins?
Erm #9 - isnt that wraps of crack?Im not sure where it is i found the pic along with lots of otjer weird photos here
https://izismile.com/2018/04/11/odd_things_found_by_people_around_the_world_24_pics.html
I've never heard of tying rags to a thorn before? That's cool!no, this is definitely a thing! I don't know if it's specifically Scotland though.
Same sort of idea as tying rags to a thorn I think?
Yes, this is the one I was thinking ofThere's one of those at the top of the Fairy Glen at Rosemarkie on the Black Isle in Scotland. I went there with my father, walking the dog, in 2004 - it was quite a lovely spot. We have a thread on here about places that are unaccountably creepy; the Fairy Glen is, for no good reason that I could ascertain, just the opposite.
From Trip Advisor.
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ETA: and, yeah, I left a coin - not because I was ill, but just for luck.
I've never heard of tying rags to a thorn before? That's cool!
I think it's only possible with dead trees.The copper in coins is extremely bad for trees. I'm not sure why anyone would do that, or why so many either?!
Got to watch those zombie trees, they get up and chase youAaah ok well you can't kill em if they're already dead.
Except zombie trees I guess.
indeed and rags to just about any shrub near healing wells
I think it's only possible with dead trees.
Throughout the c.2000 year period coins have been circulated in Britain, they have also been ritually employed, most notably as votive deposits. Focusing specifically on the understudied custom of the British coin-tree, whereby coins are ritually embedded into the barks of trees, this paper considers the coin’s role and applicability as a deposit. It aims to demonstrate that our understanding of the coin’s past, present, and future ritual employment is not only aided by a consideration of economics and the coin’s secular function; it would be utterly incomplete without it.
The tree that some people near me have been pushing the coins in looks like it was 'long time' dead so that's a relief. I've asked the Mrs to take a photo of it because it's near where she works.I think it's only possible with dead trees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_treeA wish tree is a tree, usually distinguished by species, location or appearance, which is used as an object of wishes and offerings. Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value. Postulants make votive offerings in hopes of having a wish granted, or a prayer answered, from a nature spirit, saint or goddess, depending on the local tradition. ...
Coin trees
One form of votive offering is the token offering of a coin. Coin trees are found in parts of Scotland, Northern England, and Wales.[1] Folklorist Ceri Houlbrook observed actions at a coin tree in Aira Force, Cumbria, noting that a succession of at least twelve families passed by the site and decided to hammer coins into it using a piece of limestone lying around; she commented that this custom appeared to offer "little variation: it is imitative, formulaic, homogeneous".[2] In 2019 the National Trust for Scotland said 'For many years people have hammered coins into tree stumps and trunks as some sort of votive offering to make a wish. On our woodland properties we could tolerate it as long as it was on a small-scale, but now it seems to have taken off as a ‘fashionable’ thing to do and is out of control.' ...