Money Tree

[Little Firewall]

Went for a walk in Fairy Glen, Ross-shire and came across this fallen tree at a waterfall which folks have hammered coins into. Why? Don't ask me. Anyone seen this kind of thing before. From a distance I thought it was fungi.

[Chalk Downlanders]

I have seen a similar thing in pubs. The old cracked beams were full of wedged in coins. Why they would do that in a pub is anyones guess but I think your waterfall example can be traced back to the Romans who would always offer a coin to the Gods before crossing water. Nowadays we toss a coin in the water to promote good luck. Your example is an interesting twist on this superstition.

[Earth Hart]

Originally Posted by Little Firewall

Went for a walk in Fairy Glen, Ross-shire and came across this fallen tree at a waterfall which folks have hammered coins into. Why? Don't ask me. Anyone seen this kind of thing before. From a distance I thought it was fungi.

I would say it's been done as a wish for abundance & wealth. Long times past, people would leave things they wanted more of in trees. And, touching wood grounds the wish in the Earth, that's why, today, we say touch wood when we hope for something.

[Airehead]

There is a similar one in Strid Wood, Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Don't know what it['s about.

[honeybee]

that's lovely...nice to stumble across if you don't know it's there. not quite the same but at wayland smithy burial ground you have to put a piece of silver in a little hole in the stone for the legendary farrier to shoe your horse. I aslo like going to stone circles etc around festival time where the witches have placed flowers and things on the stones.