Rags or ribbons would be attached to trees around a sacred well and people would come on a social pilgrimage, taking their turn to dip their cloth offering in the water and say a prayer, before affixing it to a tree or bush. The pilgrims would hope for a good year ahead. Those afflicted with an illness or injury would wash the affected area with water from the well, then attach their cloth to the tree, the idea being that as it rotted and faded away so did their affliction.