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clootie tree

a tree (often hawthorn) into whose branches pieces of cloth or other votive offerings have been tied
Class type of: remarkable tree, wish tree Q107257053

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
remarkable tree, wish tree[1][2]
Part of
clootie well[3]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5]
Said to be the same as
wish tree[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en clootie tree en cloughtie tree en cloutie tree en Rag tree de Lappenbaum de Lumpenbaum de Votivbaum de Wunschbaum fr arbre à loques nl fetisjboom nl koortsboom nl lapjesboom
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Clouties near madron well.jpg ↗

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