- time, the
ailment is
supposed to fade away as well. At some
wells the
clooties are
definitely "rags" and discards, at others,
brightly coloured strips...
- west)
around the well. They
would then
leave offerings;
typically coins or
clooties (see
clootie well). The
first water drawn from a well on
Beltane was thought...
-
sunwise around the well; they
would then
leave offerings,
typically coins or
clooties.
Although bonfires were lit at some of the open-air
gatherings in Ireland...
- Guideman's Grunde, Halyman's Croft, Goodman's Fauld, Gi'en Rig, Deevil's Craft,
Clooties Craft, and the
Black Faulie. The
practice consisted of
leaving a portion...
-
respects to
those at Madron; as at
Madron there is a
tradition of
hanging clooties (small
strips of cloth) on the
trees surrounding the well (a
clootie well)...
