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Wordless Wednesday: Cloutie Tree
Posted on 12/10/2016 by Louise Bunting
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post pictures with no words to explain them. Here is mine.
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Category: PhotographyTags: Cloutie Tree, Cornwall, Healing Ritual, Madron Well, pagan, Wish Tree, wordless wednesday
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Spot the bee. 🐝
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Has Autumn arrived early this year?
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Good morning!
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I didn't realise that the bench was in the middle of a fairy circle until I looked down and saw the toadstools beside my feet. Had I found a fairy trap for the unwary traveller, ready to whisk someone away to the Otherland? I was tempted to return at midnight, when the August moon was full - a time, or so I've heard, when it's easier to connect with the fairy kingdom. I've always dreamt of being swept away to a magical land...
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If only I were brave enough to risk it. .
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Would you be?
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Yesterday was a sunny intervals kind of day, so I went for a wander around the Nottinghamshire lanes with my mum, the lovely @millie.thom
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Toadstools in the grass.
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Blackberries and apples in the hedgerow.
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I'm thinking it might be time for blackberry and apple pie. Nom nom.
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#hedgerowfruits #apples #blackberries #hedgerowfood #foraging #freefood #hedgewitch #greenwitch #earthwitch #naturewitch #pagan #paganism #pagansofinstagram #animism #naturelover #naturespirit #natureseekers #nature_photo #earthmagick #greenplace #naturespirit
Today I went on a toadstool hunt. This was the first of many that I spotted.
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#toadstool #toadstoollove #toadstoolhunting #toadstoolsofinstagram #fungilove #fungifreaks #earthmagick #greenwitch #earthwitch #pagan #paganism #pagansofinstagram #animism #naturelover #nature #animism #hedgewitch #greenspirit
Corn Marigolds, growing on the edge of a farmer's field.
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#flowers #flowersofinstagram #wildflowers #earthmagick #greenwitch #earthwitch #pagan #paganism #pagansofinstagram #animism #animist #naturelover #naturewalk #naturespirit
A morning visit to the pond - a perfect way to recharge and recenter. .
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#natureismytherapy #mentalhealth #natureconnection #healingearth #natureforsoul #getoutside #pagan #paganism #pagansofinstagram #animism #animist #naturelover #naturewalk #naturespirit
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Never heard of a Cloutie Tree…Must be quite a sight to see.
Ridding the Bad…Releasing the Good…
Please Make Me Well…Oh, If You Could. 🙂
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I’d never heard the name until we came across this one in Cornwall, though I’d come across similar trees in other places. They’re a wonderful sight. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
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Love it!
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Thank you. 🙂
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What is a Cloutie tree? This is a wonderful image!
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Cloutie (or Clootie) trees are places of pilgrimage and healing found in Celtic lands, generally beside a cloutie well. People dip a rag, preferably torn from near the part of their body that they wish to have healed, into the water and they tie it to the tree as an offering to whoever the well is sacred to. In ‘modern’ times this is usually a Christian saint, but originally it would have been a goddess or local nature spirit. I’m glad you like the picture, PJ. 🙂
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That is very interesting! Thank you for explaining it to me.
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You’re welcome, PJ. 🙂
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