The Clootie Well is said to
have magical fairy powers, healing physical injuries or ailments. The idea
behind it is to dip a piece of clothing or fabric which has touched the injured
body part into the Clootie Well, hang it up in the trees, and as the fabric
disintegrates the injury will heal.
There were so many clothing
items, scraps of fabric, and even medical braces that were worn on
injured limbs hanging all over the site.
It was very eerie. It was
ingrained in us in Ireland to respect the fairies, as they can be quite tricky.
If you are nasty to the fairies the fairies will be nasty to you.
One of our group went up into
the trees, and Ash, Livi and I were thinking, ‘what are you doing?! Respect the
fairies or bad stuff will happen!’
Clearly, we have since adopted
the same superstitions.
TinkerNikki
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