Wishing well
Well where wishes are thought to be granted / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Wishing well (disambiguation).
A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the notion that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods. This practice is thought to have arisen because water is a source of life, and was often a scarce commodity.
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