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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