Shoes in Trees in Rhode Island
Shoes in trees seems to be a distant cousin of shoefiti. The motivation seems to generally have something to do with celebrating a graduation from college. Or, at least that’s where I’ve heard of shoe trees appearing. Here’s a painful way to discover a shoe tree coming from a Brown University student blogging as head_cheese:
I was also recently taken in for repairs. It all started with a
softball game against the Brown Dems. It was obvious they were all
ringers, one of them was huge and wore cut-off sleeves. But somehow we
won. I swung for the fences and missed, but in doing so over-extended
my back. It really hurt for a few days, but was gradually getting
better. Then on Wednesday morning, walking to class, I realized I could
not breath or take a step, so I lay down on the sidewalk. I wasn’t able
to even sit up for 4 more hours. Moving face up on the stretcher I
noticed several pairs of shoes hanging from the trees in Wriston.
softball game against the Brown Dems. It was obvious they were all
ringers, one of them was huge and wore cut-off sleeves. But somehow we
won. I swung for the fences and missed, but in doing so over-extended
my back. It really hurt for a few days, but was gradually getting
better. Then on Wednesday morning, walking to class, I realized I could
not breath or take a step, so I lay down on the sidewalk. I wasn’t able
to even sit up for 4 more hours. Moving face up on the stretcher I
noticed several pairs of shoes hanging from the trees in Wriston.
Are you aware of any shoe trees in your town? What’s the tradition behind them where you live?
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