tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post5392128346666612156..comments2023-08-04T21:25:23.543+01:00Comments on A Heron's View: The Seven Wonders of ForeA Heron's Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-33535111351875411362010-05-05T03:01:35.829+01:002010-05-05T03:01:35.829+01:00Wow absolutely wonderful post - thoroughly enjoyed...Wow absolutely wonderful post - thoroughly enjoyed reading it - what I wouldn't give to visit Ireland .Destinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604041367820140471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-8041699643325315572010-05-04T21:39:41.452+01:002010-05-04T21:39:41.452+01:00Wondeful post Mel, I had visited a healing tree ne...Wondeful post Mel, I had visited a healing tree near me recently, thanks for explaining your sights, Aine.Aine MacAodha https://www.blogger.com/profile/18122527862889431803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-20083151435109448052010-05-04T13:46:52.604+01:002010-05-04T13:46:52.604+01:00My friends thank you for your interesting comments...My friends thank you for your interesting comments. <br /><br />Erica it is always a pleasure to hear from you & this time I have an even bigger smile re the missed Sheela :-)<br /><br />Nat perhaps you will come and visit the time capsule ?<br /><br />liZZie I do believe that you are right & as for me travelling about I think there is a nomad within me that needs to experience the open road from time to time!<br /><br />Lastly a big welcome to the new followers of this blog & please feel free to make comments.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-20818794180153711352010-05-02T19:41:32.407+01:002010-05-02T19:41:32.407+01:00I know rag trees as 'cloutie trees' and in...I know rag trees as 'cloutie trees' and in fact I'm tending to think as well as having healing and spiritual properties they may also have been the equivalent of a totem in Celtic lands. Fascinating post, most informative and I'm glad you're having a whale of a time over there travelling about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-11301698789182146922010-05-02T10:10:49.337+01:002010-05-02T10:10:49.337+01:00Fascinating capsule of historical wonder, Sir Hero...Fascinating capsule of historical wonder, Sir Heron :) And, dare I say, inspiring!Nat Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988451801046005601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-46650308320603014102010-04-30T22:11:48.203+01:002010-04-30T22:11:48.203+01:00'visitors to visit' ???? must preview post...'visitors to visit' ???? must preview posts!Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09065005779326623357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-37995080093436014602010-04-30T22:10:23.637+01:002010-04-30T22:10:23.637+01:00My favourite blog Mel, thank you. Fore has the sa...My favourite blog Mel, thank you. Fore has the same effect on me, I always feel that I have been on holiday...may have something to do with my 8th wonder; Halpins! The area is special and it is always first on the tourist route when I have visitors to visit Oldcastle. Never noticed the Sheela-na-gig but is good enough excuse to go there the next time I am home.<br />A talented friend of mine carved a Sheela for me and it sits in my garden but I always feel that it should be in a wall somewhere.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09065005779326623357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-80855927616575623152010-04-30T17:02:20.526+01:002010-04-30T17:02:20.526+01:00Thank you. I have come across a rag tree in Cypru...Thank you. I have come across a rag tree in Cyprus before but never in this neck of the woods.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117681021989984923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-81967539140055442882010-04-29T23:19:33.686+01:002010-04-29T23:19:33.686+01:00Sorry Mel, I took it for granted that the cloth wa...Sorry Mel, I took it for granted that the cloth was to be natural. As for rural dwellers being in close contact with nature, spare a thought for us Bathonian urban dwellers, who live right over what is usually considered the most important holy spring in the British Isles. It takes a lot of traffic to drive out the spirits from this place.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-5301873693274947142010-04-29T22:38:33.408+01:002010-04-29T22:38:33.408+01:00Well Tom as most of the cloth today is man made f...Well Tom as most of the cloth today is man made fibre, it is likely that the person might have to last a hundred years before the cloth rots & they get a cure! :-)<br />Your book is quoting the original idea of when material was of natural fibre. <br /><br />Folk law still runs very deep amongst rural dwellers, because we live in close contact with nature.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-46825741028943936032010-04-29T21:49:17.523+01:002010-04-29T21:49:17.523+01:00This book I keep banging on about says that the st...This book I keep banging on about says that the strip of rag that is tied to the tree associated with the healing well, is also associated with the part of the afflicted body - or as close as possible. I.E. a strip of shirt from the chest for lung problems or the heart, maybe a strip of the rear part of a pair of Y-Fronts for piles? Then, as the cloth rots and disappears, so the illness goes with it. What do you reckon?<br /><br />There is also the personal tokens as gifts to the sprites, etc, but these can also be in the form of curses if - say - someone stole your horse or your wife (or both). Folk lore, or more deeply rooted in international pagan ritual?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-50413868242934769202010-04-29T21:08:38.093+01:002010-04-29T21:08:38.093+01:00Fran & Tom,
The Rag Trees are situated near he...Fran & Tom,<br />The Rag Trees are situated near healing wells, people tie on all sorts bits of cloth belonging to a person who needs healing, the idea being that the energy passes from the tree to that person. There are other people who attach a personal token as a gift to the Saint of whose well it is or to the Sirits who inhabit the place.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-56212505480700603832010-04-29T18:28:44.605+01:002010-04-29T18:28:44.605+01:00We seem to have rag-wells in my area of England (I...We seem to have rag-wells in my area of England (I've just read in the book I told Mel about) Let's see what his explanation is, and see if it concurs with my book? I love this stuff.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-16472107716438222962010-04-29T17:39:36.201+01:002010-04-29T17:39:36.201+01:00What is the origin or significance of the rag tree...What is the origin or significance of the rag tree?Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117681021989984923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-1545333680013657882010-04-29T16:43:49.335+01:002010-04-29T16:43:49.335+01:00I first read Yates in pre-internet days, and never...I first read Yates in pre-internet days, and never knew what 'sheela na-gigs' were. I think of them now as being symbols for 'the origin of life'. Sad that they are all locked up.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com