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<p>Hello there,</p>
<p>does anyone have any opinions about how to map what is called
clootie/ cloughtie/ cloutie trees in Scotland and rag trees or
raggedy bushes in Ireland? I have used <font
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">place_of_worship=rag_tree</font>
(to avoid the many different spellings) in combination with <font
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">natural=tree</font>, but
there is also a category on Wikimedia called "Prayer trees". But
for some prayer trees, you stick coins in the bark instead of
tying rags or ribbons (or other votive offerings) to the branches,
so I think rag trees should be mapped different to coin ones.
They're not historic, but still very much in use in Ireland, the
UK (by Neo-Pagans and Christians alike), and I believe there are
other cultures like Hinduism who use them.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well</a></p>
<p>To my knowledge, "clootie tree" is not used in Ireland at all and
wasn't in the past either (only in the wikimedia category). In
Ireland, the tree is also usually not necessarily connected to a
well. There is one at the Hill of Tara, for example.</p>
<p>If you like fairy tales, I think there is one in Cinderella, at
least in the Brothers Grimm version. As far as I remember, the
dress for the ball appeared in the tree.</p>
<p>Anne aka b-unicycling<br>
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