Wish Tree In England

A Wish Tree is an individual tree, usually distinguished by species, position or appearance, which is used as an object of wishes and offerings.
Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value.
By tradition, believers make votive offerings in order to gain from that nature spirit, saint or goddess fulfillment of a wish.
The High Force Waterfall has a coin only wish tree in the grounds of the waterfall.

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Comments (4)

 

  1. Dana Max says:
    October 14, 2009 at 4:34 am

    Cool trees!

  2. Mike says:
    October 28, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    I know this is freaky, but from my viewpoint it seems cruel to do this to a tree. It made me sad and I wondered if the tree died as a result or was dead already.

  3. Tree Lover says:
    October 29, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Those trees are wishing humans hadn’t done that.

  4. cat says:
    October 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    i like cake

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