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The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation - The Roots of a Ritual (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation - The Roots of a Ritual (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
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This book traces the history of ritual landscapes in the British
Isles, and the transition from religious practice to recreation, by
focusing on a highly understudied exemplar: the coin-tree. These
are trees imbued with magical properties into which coins have been
ritually embedded. This is a contemporary custom which can be
traced back in the literature to the 1700s, when it was practiced
for folk-medical and dedicatory purposes. Today, the custom is
widespread, with over 200 coin-trees distributed across the British
Isles, but is more akin to the casual deposition of coins in a
wishing-well: coins are deposited in the tree in exchange for
wishes, good luck, or future fortune. Ceri Houlbrook contributes to
the debate on the historic relationships between religion, ritual,
and popular magic in British contexts from 1700 to the present.
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