by Sara C. Snider | Apr 11, 2017 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore
∴ Ivy Protection, healing Ivy is worn by brides for good luck; women will carry it for good luck in general. It protects against negativity and disaster wherever it grows or proliferates. Symbolically, ivy is feminine. When paired with holly, which is...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 10, 2017 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore
∴ Heather Protection, Rain-making, Luck White heather is used for protection–particularly against rape and violent crimes–and for good luck. Red is used to start or end an affair; purple for spiritual development. Using heather at Samhain will...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 8, 2017 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore
∴ Geranium Protection, Fertility, Love, Health All geraniums have protective properties when grown in a garden or brought into the home. It is said that red geraniums planted near a witch’s cottage will lean towards strangers as they approach and warn the witch...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 7, 2017 | Hazel and Holly
Previous: Stained Glass Memories, Part One Hazel made a fist over the basin and let her blood drip into the crystalline water that bloomed like a drowned rose. Ash did nothing to stop her. Instead, he smiled a self-satisfied smirk, as if to say he never doubted...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 7, 2017 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore
∴ Fern Rain-making, Protection, Health, Luck, Wealth Back in the day, people didn’t know how ferns reproduced since they don’t have seeds, so this has led to some interesting folklore. In the Middle Ages, people believed ferns flowered and produced seeds at...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 6, 2017 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore
∴ Elder Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sleep The elder tree is closely associated with faeries and otherworldly realms. The elder is symbolically feminine, and there is a myth of a guardian spirit residing in the tree. In Denmark she is called...
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