It is said that if all the rich people in the world divided their money up between themselves then there almost certainly would not be enough to go around. Perhaps wishing for money is one thing, but getting it is another. As they say, when the gods wish to punish us, then they give us what we want. Cicero, way back before the Christian era said that endless money created the sinews of war – and nothing is truer than that two thousand years later.
http://trifter.com/europe/united-kingdom/money-does-grow-on-trees/
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by taliesyn30.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiwibetsy/353341868/
(not my photo btw, but I have been there).
Everyone knows they're in there for the fairies, either to generally get fairy favours, or so the fairies keep the water in the stream clean. Bugger all to do with 'financial hopes' or anything like that!