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Author Topic: Wouldnt it be nice if coins grew on trees? (THEY DO!)  (Read 2225 times)
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« on: May 02, 2009, 09:56:34 PM »
I didnt know that there is a coin tree but I found one! One form of votive offering is the token offering of a coin. One such tree still stands near Ardmaddy House in Argyll, Scotland. The tree is a hawthorn, a species traditionally linked with fertility, as in “May Blossom”. The trunk and branches are covered with hundreds of coins which have been driven through the bark and into the wood. The local tradition is that a wish will be granted for each of the coins so treated.

On Isle Maree in Loch Maree, Gairloch, in the Highlands is an oak Wish Tree made famous by a visit in 1877 by Queen Victoria and its inclusion in her published diaries. The tree, and others surrounding it, are festooned with hammered-in coins. It is near the healing well of St. Maree, to which votive offerings were made. Records show that bulls were sacrificed openly up until the 18th century.
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2009, 09:59:08 PM »
Cut it down and take it home lol  Grin
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2009, 09:59:59 PM »
Yankee you're Bark ing mad , Someone needs to get to the Roots of your problem, You need to Leaf the internet alone, You Canopy putting posts like that on here  Grin. Wood you consider councelling, Maybe I'll branch out into Psychiatric help.
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2009, 11:47:19 PM »
Send me a cutting lol........................... Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2009, 12:10:23 AM »
Quote from: tafflaff (Rob) on May 02, 2009, 09:59:59 PM
Yankee you're Bark ing mad , Someone needs to get to the Roots of your problem, You need to Leaf the internet alone, You Canopy putting posts like that on here  Grin. Wood you consider councelling, Maybe I'll branch out into Psychiatric help.
   Whats so crazy about my post tafflaff? I thought it was a interesting historical story!
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2009, 09:39:35 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2009, 09:43:00 AM »
Quote from: Yankee on May 03, 2009, 12:10:23 AM
Quote from: tafflaff (Rob) on May 02, 2009, 09:59:59 PM
Yankee you're Bark ing mad , Someone needs to get to the Roots of your problem, You need to Leaf the internet alone, You Canopy putting posts like that on here  Grin. Wood you consider councelling, Maybe I'll branch out into Psychiatric help.
   Whats so crazy about my post tafflaff? I thought it was a interesting historical story!

LOL Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2009, 02:27:09 PM »
i wouldn't mind  cutting of that myself to bring on  Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2009, 03:23:50 PM »
I have added this to my web site Yankee. see under "Stories" at the bottom of the page
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