medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I believe the Irish tradition involves hanging or tying a piece of
cloth(ing), which has been in contact with an ailing part of the body, to a sacred tree
or bush - with the expectation that the ailment will be transferred to the
sacred tree, and which will then assume the task of fighting the disease.
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Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts
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