{"id":288,"date":"2020-07-16T19:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T19:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2020-07-20T18:38:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T18:38:17","slug":"the-clootie-well","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/the-clootie-well\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clootie Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrap\">\n<h2>The Clootie Well<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bg_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-259\" src=\"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/clootie_well620.jpg\" alt=\" The Clootie Well\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/clootie_well620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/clootie_well620-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/clootie_well620-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"audio\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content_overlay\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"link_img\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"lower-section\">\nClootie Wells have dotted the landscape of Scotland for as long as anyone can remember.<br \/>\nThey are natural springs surrounded by trees. The spring flows over a shallow trough allowing easy access to the water for visitors.<br \/>\nPieces of cloth (cloots) are left as a physical symbol of each wish like the ancient Celtic practice of &#8216;votive offerings&#8217; (leaving a gift that&#8217;s not intended to be taken back). The most common example of Humans still making votive offerings today is when they throw coins into Wishing Wells.<\/p>\n<h3>Why go to a Clootie Well?<\/h3>\n<p>To wish for good things to happen to yourself or someone you like.<\/p>\n<h3>What do you do at a Clootie Well?<\/h3>\n<p>Write your wish on a cloot, dip the tip of the cloot in the water, hang it on a nearby branch and leave the rest to Fate &#8230;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clootie Well Clootie Wells have dotted the landscape of Scotland for as long as anyone can remember. They are natural springs surrounded by trees. The spring flows over a shallow trough allowing easy access to the water for visitors. Pieces of cloth (cloots) are left as a physical symbol of each wish like the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/the-clootie-well\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Clootie Well&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottishbeasties.com\/tea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}