The bottle tree's origins can be traced back to Africa. Evidently, it was believed that shiny objects placed around the home would attract evil spirits away from the family. With the tragedy of the slave trade, the tradition found its way to North America and continued to evolve into the hanging of bottles in trees to "trap" the evil spirits.
People now don't believe bottles could in any way "trap" evil spirits. However, over the years the bottle tree has become a very unique Southern gardening tradition. They do make for a beautiful decoration, beside the wonderful sounds that are made through the lips of the glass when the wind blows through them.
The tree is spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThat's so pretty!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful, if only our garden was big enough to put one in.
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That looks really pretty!
ReplyDeleteIts awesome! So pretty!!! I didn't even know about bottle trees!!! Thanks For posting! Happy Reading
ReplyDeleteI think these are so cool but I'm always wondering what happens to them in a good wind. It's not infrequent for us to have 50 mph wind gusts and I sure don't want to find shattered glass everywhere. But the sound would be great!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure this sounds silly, but I've never seen or heard of a bottle tree before. I have to say, though, that looks great. =)
ReplyDeletethank you so much for the interesting info on the bottle trees. i have never heard of them before. what a unique idea. thank you for visiting our mother/daughter blog. love your wallpaper on your site.
ReplyDeleteI have only recently fallen in love with bottle trees! I am waiting for my first special occassion to start saving my wine bottles and making one!
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Hi, stopping by. Thanks for visiting me from the Blog Hop! I love this post - I was just thinking that these are the kinds of things that make a culture unique.
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