The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation: The Roots of a Ritual

by Ceri Houlbrook

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030092526
• ISBN13: 9783030092528
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"