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2024-03-28T17:59:57+00:00text/html2006-05-11T20:54:20+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6118Gerry McArdle56.278456 -5.574805NM7815 : Wishing Tree near Ardmaddy
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This fallen hawthorn - known as the wishing tree - has hundreds of coins embedded in the bark. The hawthorn was a sacred tree in the Celtic culture and the practice was to make your wish or prayer at the tree and then offer a coin to the spirits or fairies.