Wilweorthunga

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Wilweorthunga is an Old English word that literally means fountain or well worship. Practised to this day and characterized by tying cloth to trees near wells to will a vow. This belief was banned in the 16th Canon Law enacted under King Edgar of England (939-946) in the 10th century.

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