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    <p>I'm gonna get killed here, if I translate into the imperialistic
      language version. Also, "pattern" is not just the patron saint,
      but the feast/ mass celebrated on their day, so I cannot translate
      it with "patron saint".<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 18/02/2021 um 21:45 schrieb Volker
      Schmidt:<br>
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        <div>BTW: "pattern" is an Irish English term for "Patron Saint".
          So that part of the definition should be translated fro Irisch
          English to British English.<br>
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        <div>And Christian "Saints" are not deities, at least according
          to the official Roman Catholic Teaching. So this would "entty
          of veneratio (Saint, deity,...)"</div>
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        <div>I am aware of such places also in the Roman Catholic German
          speaking areas. There is often a spring near or even inside a
          chapel. It works in a different way: people go to the chapel
          and pray to the local Saint and use the supposed healing
          capabilities of the water. For example they may wash their
          head against headaches and the like, because that particular
          spring can help, I guess I would not call the well holy, but
          the chapel would be holy place. Obviously many of these places
          date back to ancient Roman times, when each spring had its own
          deuty. When the Christian faith arrived the priests tried
          would build on the local traditions, and build a chapel or
          church on top of the Roman sanctuary, and replaced the "pagan"
          deity with a "Christian" Saint.</div>
        <div>What i'm really asking: is the well the holy object of
          devotion, or the nearby chapel or shrine or cross.</div>
        <div>And, obviously, there are other parts of the world where
          the spring or well itself is the residence of a deity..</div>
        <div>Coming back to the Chistian context: I know of places where
          the chapel is near to a spring or well, but not on top of it.
          And the spring or well can be also a short distance away.
          Would that chapel still be "with a holy well", or would the
          spring be the holy place and the chapel a separate, nearby
          holy place? <br>
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        <div>Regards</div>
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        <div>Violker<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 21:50,
          Anne-Karoline Distel <<a href="mailto:annekadistel@web.de"
            moz-do-not-send="true">annekadistel@web.de</a>> wrote:<br>
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            <p>For Ireland, it is easy enough:<br>
              Do people call it a holy well? - It is a holy well. <br>
            </p>
            <p>Is a saint associated with the well? - It is a holy well.</p>
            <p>Do people cross themselves when passing it? - It's a
              place of worship.</p>
            <p>Do people hold patterns every year? - It is a place of
              worship.</p>
            <p>Do people leave votive offerings? - It is a place of
              worship.</p>
            <p>Do people go there to pray? - It is a place of worship.<br>
            </p>
            <div>Am 18/02/2021 um 20:32 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via
              Tagging:<br>
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              <div>Many places with "miraculous water" / "blessed water"
                do not qualify for<br>
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              <div>amenity=place_of_worship, and such tagging would be
                incorrect<span><span style="font-family:Verdana"></span></span><br>
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              <div>Feb 18, 2021, 21:25 by <a
                  href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com</a>:<br>
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                <p><span style="font-family:Verdana">Dear Anne,</span><br>
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                <p><span style="font-family:Verdana">You should abstain
                    from using specific religious terms like "holy" and
                    "paganism".<br>
                    To my honest opinion the existing tagging schemes
                    and attribution for amenity=place_of_worship
                    combined with tourist=attraction offer enough
                    flexibility and most of all neutrality in the
                    religious context to suite your needs.<br>
                    Of course there are numerous wells across the world
                    with either a religious significance (sometimes the
                    same well is significant in different religions or
                    to different denominations). Some have significance
                    for tourism purposes, others might be preferred by
                    the worshippers, to be accessible only in a more
                    private context.<br>
                    Please read through the related wiki pages, to my
                    opinion very detailed and of high quality to address
                    your local specific needs and offering enough
                    variation for any religious or tourist related
                    significance. You can extend them to suite your
                    specific needs, I personally see no need for a new
                    key or value for this purpose or revert to a
                    proposal if you feel you need broader confirmation
                    from the community. Do respect neutrality in the
                    additions or modifications.</span></p>
                <p><span style="font-family:Verdana">Greetings, Bert
                    Araali</span><br>
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                <p><span style="font-family:Verdana"></span><br>
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                <div>On 18/02/2021 21:31, Anne-Karoline Distel wrote:<br>
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                  <p>I understand it's a bit of a tricky one. Wishing
                    wells/ fountains mostly used by tourists should not
                    count, because there is not an established religion
                    behind that thinking of leaving a coin for good
                    luck. They are all votive offerings though, no
                    matter if they are rags or coins or whatever else
                    people leave there (probably masks now, I haven't
                    been to a site since lockdown).<br>
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                  <p>Good rule of thumb: If it has a saint's name
                    attached, it's a holy well. Or rather "holy well".<br>
                  </p>
                  <p>Anne<br>
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                  <div>Am 18/02/2021 um 16:04 schrieb Volker Schmidt:<br>
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                      <div>Interesting idea.<br>
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                      <div>But difficult to define.<br>
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                      <div>There is a wide spectrum from really sacred
                        places, like chapels with a spring inside to the
                        wells or fountains where people go with plastic
                        bottles <br>
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                      <div>to collect "good" or "healthy" water.and the
                        wells that tourists fill with coins (no drinking
                        water there).<br>
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                      <div>I would rather see this somehow under the
                        tourism tent - pilgrimage is the original form
                        of tourism.<br>
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                      <div>Volker<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 14:42,
                        Anne-Karoline Distel <<a
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                        <div>It's me again, full of ideas.<br>
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                        <div> I propose a tag for holy wells, one of the
                          reasons being that my local<br>
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                        <div> council wants them mapped and I've been
                          trying to convince them to use<br>
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                        <div> OSM for a while. Also, because it would
                          entice rural mappers to get<br>
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                        <div> started and because they play a role in
                          tourism (if you count pilgrimage<br>
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                        <div> as tourism).<br>
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                        <div> <br>
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                        <div> <br>
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                        <div> I'm especially interested in other
                          religions' perspective, but I don't<br>
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                        <div> know if this phenomenon exists outside
                          Christianity and Paganism.<br>
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                        <div> <br>
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                        <div> Cheers,<br>
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                        <div> <br>
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                        <div> Anne<br>
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