• BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There is a tradition of throwing coins into the Trevi fountain in Rome to bring you back to Rome someday.Trafalgar Square has a fountain with a bunch of coins in it.

    This isn’t a strictly American thing. In fact it probably came from the old Celtic ritual of throwing valuables into water as an offering for the gods/ancestors. So it didn’t even start in America. Like most other things we imported it and then became annoyingly extra about it.

      • DudeImMacGyver
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        11 months ago

        From what I’ve experienced, we aren’t particularly hardcore about it either. I think I’ve seen maybe 2 wishing wells in my entire life?