This story is probably the strangest one about a fig tree. I don't suppose it's anymore bizarre than the US custom of the "wishing well", theoretically an old fashioned well where water is retrieved by using a bucket with a rope. Modern wishing wells don't have water, or ropes and buckets for that matter. Close enough to persuade people to throw in loose change and make a wish.
This story is probably the strangest one about a fig tree. I don't suppose it's anymore bizarre than the US custom of the "wishing well", theoretically an old fashioned well where water is retrieved by using a bucket with a rope. Modern wishing wells don't have water, or ropes and buckets for that matter. Close enough to persuade people to throw in loose change and make a wish.
Hey Brian, I am glad to say I have far stranger stories about fig trees than this! I am looking forward to sharing them here at Planet Ficus.