[Tagging] clootie trees/ rag trees

[Anne-Karoline Distel]

Oh, forgot to say that when I started with place_of_worship=holy_well,
some people didn't like the word "holy", because it meant only
Christian. That's why I'm not suggesting "holy_tree", but maybe
"sacred_tree" would be an option as well, but it doesn't cover the rags,
of course.

On 03/03/2024 20:48, Anne-Karoline Distel via Tagging wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> 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 place_of_worship=rag_tree (to avoid the many
> different spellings) in combination with natural=tree, 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.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Anne aka b-unicycling
>
>
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