St Nectan's Glen, North Cornwall ~ Coins In 1000 Year Old Oak Tree

Ardboe High Cross (Irish: Seanchrois Ard Bó) is a high cross and national monument
dating from the tenth century located in Ardboe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
has an old oak with thousands of coins.
People still "pay " for wishes, prayers, favours etc in this way.



Unlike the Clootie Tree or Clootie Well where the worry, problem goes with the decaying ribbon.

In Scotland, Ireland and England, where old Celtic tradition persists, they are known as Clootie wells.
A clootie well is a well or spring, almost always with a tree growing beside it,
where strips of cloth or rags are tied to the branches,
usually in the hope of having an illness cured.

"Clootie" is a Scottish word that means cloth.

 

What is a clootie tree?
Clootie tree next to St Brigid's Well, Kildare, Ireland. Clootie wells
(also Cloutie or Cloughtie wells) are places of pilgrimage in Celtic areas.
They are wells or springs, almost always with a tree growing beside them,
where strips of cloth or rags have been left, usually tied to the branches of the tree as part of a healing ritual.
Clootie well - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well

 

What is a clootie well?
Clootie wells (also Cloutie or Cloughtie wells) are places of pilgrimage in Celtic areas.
They are wells or springs, almost always with a tree growing beside them,
where strips of cloth or rags have been left, usually tied to the branches of the tree as part of a healing ritual.
Clootie well - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well

 

What is the sacred tree at a clootie well?
The sacred trees at clootie wells are usually hawthorn trees, though ash trees are also common.
Clootie well - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well