Wish Ribbons tied to a tree in an ancient burial site, at Coldrum Stones.

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The use of Wreaths, ribbons or rags or other pieces of cloth suspended to trees goes back to holy wells and the like. The idea is that you make a wish, or prayer or whatever at the site, then tie a ribbon to it. With the decomposing of the ribbon, your wish comes to reality. Popular belief associates the sites with healing, bewitching, or mere wishing.

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Location: The Coldrum stones, Neolithic monument Trottiscliffe, North Downs, Medway valley, Kent, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Tony Watson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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