Money Does Grow On Trees

Did your mother ever chastise you with the words money doesn't grow on trees in a possibly fruitless attempt to curb your profligate ways? Well, maybe - just maybe - she was wrong.
Perhaps it is simply for good luck or perhaps people believe that by leaving a coin in the bark of the tree they may have it returned to them many times over. Whatever the origins of this strange habit, there are a number of trees in the United Kingdom that bear the financial hopes of many.