• Had anybody body ever had this random thought before? What is the money in the wishing wells used from really? As I began thinking about this I thought proabably charity, or for bills, but I just think they're used for decoration all the time. They just sit there all the time, and people throw their coins in wishing for something that would happen to them, and hopes it will come true. So could somebody please tell me what the money in a wishing well is really for?