I'm presuming this is what was originally where that link was pointing:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/43830

If so, then yes! Couldn't agree more! Clouties are more appropriate and have the tendency to biodegrade - that's the whole idea! A person with an illness/ailment tears a piece of cloth from the afflicted part of the body and ties it to the tree by the well/spring, and as the cloutie deteriorates, the ailment is thus repaired!

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