#hare's foot plantain

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Hare's Foot Plantain - Orelha-de-lebre (Plantago lagopus)

Arrábida/Portugal (10/04/2023)

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Witches Herbal Code

Heart- Bud or Seed

Beak, Bill or Nose- Seed, Bud or Bloom

Tongue or Teeth- Petal or Leaf

Head- Blossom

Tail- Stem

Hair- Dried Herbs or Stringy Parts Of Herbs

Privates, Genitals Or Semen- Seeds Or Sap

Blood- Sap

Guts- Roots or Stalk

Paw, Foot, Leg, Wing or Toe- Leaves

A

Adder’s Tongue: Dogstooth Violet; Plantain

Ass’s Foot: Coltsfoot

B

Bat’s Wing : Holly Leaf

Bat’s Wool : Moss

Bear’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle

Bird’s Eye: Germander, Speedwell

Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap

Blood from a Head: Lupine

Blood from a Shoulder: Bear’s Breeches

Blood of a Goose: Mulberry tree’s sap

Blood of a Hamadryas Baboon: Blood of a spotted gecko

Blood of a Snake: Hematite

Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall

Blood of Ares: Purslane

Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood

Blood of Hestia: Chamomile

Bloody Fingers: Foxglove

Blue Jay: Bay laurel

Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn

Brains: Cherry tree gum [this phrase usually designates any fruit tree gum]

Bull’s Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound

Bull’s Foot: Coltsfoot

Bull’s Semen: Eggs of the blister beetle

C

Calf’s Snout: Snapdragon

Capon’s Tail: Valerian.

Cat: Catnip

Cat’s Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy

Clot: Great Mullein

Corpse Candles: Mullein

Cuddy’s Lungs: Great Mullein

Crocodile Dung: Ethiopian Earth

Crow Foot: Cranesbill, wild geranium, buttercup

D

Devil’s Dung: Asafoetida

Dog: Couch grass

Dog’s Mouth: Snapdragon

Dog’s Tongue: Hounds Tongue

Dove’s Foot: Wild Geranium

Dragon’s Blood: Resin of Draco palm

Dragon’s Scales: Bistort leaves

E

Eagle: Wild Garlic of Fenugreek

Ear of an Ass: Comfrey

Ears of a Goat: St. John’s Wort

Englishman’s Foot: Common Plantain

Eye of Christ: Germander, speedwell

Eye of the Day: Common daisy

Eye of the Star: Horehound

Eyes: Inner part of a blossom; Aster, Daisy, Eyebright

F

Fat from a Head: Spurge

Fingers: Cinquefoil

Five Fingers: Cinquefoil

Foot: Leaf

Frog: Cinquefoil

Frog’s Foot: Bulbous buttercup

From the Belly: Earth-apple

From the Foot: Houseleek

From the Loins: Chamomile

G

Goat’s Foot: Ash Weed

God’s Hair: Hart’s Tongue Fern

Gosling Wing: Goosegrass

Graveyard Dust: Mullein

Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye daisy

Guts: The roots and stalk of a plant

H

Hair: Dried stringy herbs; ripe male fern

Hair of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed

Hair of Venus: Maidenhair fern

Hare’s Beard: Great mullein

Hawk: Hawkweed

Hawk’s Heart: Wormwood seed or wormwood crown

Head: Flower of a plant

Heart: Walnut; bud, seed, or nut

Hind’s Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern

Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot

Horse Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern

J

Jacob’s Staff: Great Mullein

Jupiter’s Staff: Great Mullein

K

King’s Crown: Black Haw

Kronos’ Blood: Cedar

L

Lamb: Lettuce

Lamb’s Ears: Betony

Leg: Leaf

Lion’s Hair: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot]

Lion’s Tooth: Dandelion aka Priest’s Crown

Lion Semen: Human Semen

M

Man’s Bile: Turnip sap

N

Nightingale: Hops

P

Paw: Leaf

Physician’s Bone: Sandstone

Pig’s Tail: Leopard’s Bane

Privates: Seed

R

Ram’s Head: American Valerian

Rat: Valerian

Red Cockscomb: Amaranth

S

Seed of Horus: Horehound

Semen of Ammon: Houseleek

Semen of Ares: Clover

Semen of Helios: White Hellebore

Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane

Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket

Semen of Hermes: Dill

Shepherd’s Heart: Shepherd’s Purse

Skin of Man: Fern

Skull: Skullcap Mushroom

Snake: Bistort

Snake’s Ball of Thread: Soapstone

Snake’s Head: Leech

Sparrow’s Tongue: Knotweed

Swine’s Snout: Dandelion leaves

T

Tail: Stem

Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice

Teeth: Pine Cones

Titan’s Blood: Wild Lettuce

Toad: Toadflax; Sage

Toe: Leaf

Tongue: Petal

U

Unicorn’s Horn: False Unicorn Root; True Unicorn Root

Urine: Dandelion

W

Weasel: Rue

Weasel Snout: Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel

White Man’s Foot: Common Plantain

Wing: Leaf

Wolf Claw: Club Moss

Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed

Wolf’s Milk: Euphorbia

Woodpecker: Peony

Worms: Thin Roots

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03/06/2022-Blog 2 of 2: Martin Down

We came here for the second bank holiday Friday running and it was nice to see the landscape looking so green with the grass so high and some interesting cloud formations on the walk. I took the second, fourth, fifth and sixth pictures in this photoset of views here today. It was a top walk of birds especially for warblers and especially along the hedgerow near the lower car park with great views of Whitethroat and Chiffchaff hearing the latter there well too, the species these bushes pleasingly teemed with included Chaffinch, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Wren and many Woodpigeons too with Yellowhammer seen elsewhere on the walk too. I saw a very pretty female Blackcap with its nice nice brown head really well later in the walk. It was also great to see scores of Rooks all in and around one tree a key bird here which the seventh picture I took today in this photoset shows and a Red Kite flying over. There was a marvelous moment late on when walking the other way along the path a little way from the lower car park after a great walk round the reserve, when I heard and briefly saw an exotic Mediterranean Gull or two. A special inland sighting of this bird, not one I’ve seen at Martin Down before. I saw a Lesser Black-backed Gull just before not one I’ve seen here before either I don’t believe, you do find gulls in this sort of rural inland habitat especially near to landfill sites, it was just nice to see a variety of them today.  

Small Blue butterflies made a nice sight in the world of insects, as did Five-spot Burnet moths, a nice black caterpillar which I took the eighth picture in this photose of and a couple of different types of beetle. I also very much enjoyed seeing a red-and-black froghopper. A type of insect I’ve heard of before as their larvae form cuckoo spit when sucking sap which I saw again today and have had my best year ever for noticing, so I really liked seeing an adult and I was so pleased to see such an attractive and colourful insect on a blade of grass a real highlight today.

It was brilliant to see loads of Hares at least eight looking over the neighbouring field after seeing the Mediterranean Gulls a place we often see Hares and we got a nice intimate view of one which I took the tenth picture in this photoset of. Special views of a mammal I am really excited by and admire and have had a good year for so far.

Pretty honeysuckle which I loved seeing today and took the ninth picture in this photoset of a lot it together at the top of a tree I did a macro closeup photo too, possible honesty and scabrous were floral highlights of the walk. I also enjoyed seeing kidney vetch, bird’s-foot trefoil, buttercup, possible common rock-rose, speedwell, dog rose, sorrel as shown in the third picture in this photoset, herb-Robert, nightshade, violet, plantain, nice lacey flowers I believe carrot, I believe elder,  mignonette again here and dropwort in a great show of flowers today. A very fun packed day again today that it was so great to be out in.

Wildlife Sightings Summary: One of my favourite birds the Red Kite, one of my favourite moths the Five-spot Burnet, my first ever Red-and-Black Froghopper, Rook, Jackdaw, Magpie, Woodpigeon, I believe Grey Partridges quickly, Blue Tit, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Wren, Mediterranean Gull, Black-headed Gull I believe too, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Speckled Wood, Small Blue, possible Meadow Brown, moths, caterpillar and the beetles.

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Witchy Translations

Old witchy names for herbs/roots in their modern names.

*Warning: A good chunk of these are poisonous*

Adders Fork- Adders tongue Adders tongue- Dogstooth Violet Ass's Foot or Bull's Foot - Coltsfoot Bat Flower - Tacca Bat's Wings - Holly Bat's Wool- Moss Bear's Foot- Lady's Mantle Beggar's Buttons -Burdock Beggar's Tick- Cockhold Bird's Eye- Germander Speedwell Bird's Foot- Fenugreek Black Maidenhair- Black Spleenwort Black Sampson- Echinacea Black Snake Root- Black Cohosh Blind Eyes- Poppy Blood- Elder Sap or another tree sap Blood from a Head- Lupine Blood from a Shoulder- Bear's Breeches Blood of Ares- Purslane Blood of Kronos- Cedar Blood of Hephaistos- Wormwood Blood of Hestia- Chamomile Blood of a Goose- Mulberry Tree's Milk Blood of a Titan- Wild Lettuce Blood of an Eye- Tamarisk Gall Blood Leather- Reindeer Moss/Rock Tripe/Caribou Lichen Bloodroot- Tormentil Bloodwort- Yarrow Bloody Butcher- Valerian Bloody Finger- Foxglove Bone of an Ibis- Buckthorn Brains- Congealed Gum from a Cherry Tree Bread and Cheese Tree- Hawthorne. Whitethorn, Hazels Broom- Gorse Bull's Blood or Seed of Horus- Horehound Bull's Foot- Coltsfoot Burning Bush- Fraxinella, White Dittany Butcher's Broom- Irish Tops Buttons- Tansy Calf's Snout- Snapdragon Candelmas Maiden- Snowdrop Capon's Tail- Valerian Cat's Foot- Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Cheeses- Marsh Mallow Cherry Pie- Heliotrope Chocolate Flower- Wild Geranium Church Steeples- Agrimony Clear-Eye- Clary Sage Click- Goosegrass Clot- Great Mullein Corpse Candles- Mullein Corpse Plant- Indian Pipe Courtesy- Summer Wind Crocodile Dung- Black Earth Crow Corn- Ague Root Crow Foot- Wild Geranium Crowdy Kit- Figwort Crown for a King- Wormwood Cuckoo's Bread- Common Plantain Cucumber Tree- Magnolia Cuddy's Lungs- Great Mullein Dead Man Ash- Mandrake root poppet Death Angel- Agaric Death Flower- Yarrow Devil's Apple- Datura Devils Dung- Asafoetida Devil's Eye- Henbane, Periwinkle Devil's Flower- Bachelor's Buttons Devil's Guts- Dodder Devil's Milk- Celandine Devil's Nettle- Yarrow Devil's Oatmeal- Parsley Devil's Plaything- Yarrow Dew of the Sea- Rosemary Dog Fennel- Anthemis Dog Grass- Agropyrum Dog's Mouth- Snap Dragon Dog`s Tail- Cynosurus Dog's Tongue- Conoglossum Officinale Dog`s Tooth Violet- Erythronium Dove's Foot- Wild Geranium Dragon Wort- Bistort Dragon Bushes- Toadflax Dragon's Blood- Calamus Dragon's Scales- Bistort Leaves Duck's Foot- May Apple Eagle- Wild Garlic Ear of an Ass- Comfrey Ear of a Goat- St. John's Wort Earth Smoke- Fumitory Elf leaf- Lavender, Rosemary Elf's Wort (Elfwort)- Elecampane Enchanter's Plant- Vervain Englishman's Foot- Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria- Spearmint Everlasting Friendship- Goosegrass Eye of the Day- Common Daisy Eye of Newt- Wild Mustard Seed Eye of the Star- Horehound Eye Root- Goldenseal Eyes- Aster, Daisy, Eyebright Fairies Eggs- Molukka Fairie's Finger- Foxglove Fairies Horses- Ragwort Fairy Bells- Sorrel, Wood Fairy Cup- Cowslip Fairy Smoke- Indian Pipe Fat from a Head- Spurge Felon Herb- Mugwort Filwort- Centory or Feverwort Five Fingers- Cinquefoil Flesh and Blood- Tormentil Fox's Clote- Burdock Frog bit- Hydrocharis Frog fruit- Phyla Frog Orchid- Coeloglossum Frog's Foot- Bulbous Buttercup Frog`s Lettuce- Groenlandia From the Belly- Earth-apple From the Foot- Houseleek From the Loins- Chamomile Gazel's Hooves- Quickset, Albespyne Goat's Foot- Ash Weed Goat's Leaf- Honeysuckle God's Hair- Hart's Tongue Fern Golden Star- Avens Gosling Wing- Goosegrass Graveyard Dust- Mullein Great Ox-eye - Ox-eye Daisy Hag's Taper- Great Mullein Hagthorn- Hawthorn Hairs of a Baboon- Dill Seed Hair- Maidenhair Fern Hair of Venus- Maidenhair Fern Hare's Beard- Great Mullein Hare's Foot- Avens Hawk's Heart- Heart of Wormwood Heart- Walnut Heart of Osmund- Royal Fern Herb of Grace- Vervain Hind's Tongue- Hart's Tongue Fern Holy Herb- Yerba Santa Holy Rope- Hemp Agrimony Hook and Arm- Yerba Santa Horse Hoof- Coltsfoot Horse Tongue- Hart's Tongue Fern Hundred Eyes- Periwinkle Indian Dye- Goldenseal Innocence- Bluets Jacob's Staff- Great Mullein Jew's Ear- Fungus on Elder or Elm John's Bread- Carob Joy of the Mountain- Marjoram Jupiter's Foot- Houseleek Jupiter's Staff- Great Mullein

King's Crown- Black Haw

Knight's Milfoil- Yarrow

Kronos' Blood- Cedar King's Crown Black Haw Knight's Milfoil- Yarrow Lad's Love- Southernwood Lady's Glove- Foxglove  Lady's Mantle- Nine Hooks Lady's Meat- May Flower blossom Lady's Slipper- American Valerian Lady's Tresses- Spira Root Lamb's Ears- Betony Lion's Ear- Motherwort Lion's Hairs- Turnip leaves Lion's Tooth- Dandelion aka Priest's Crown Lizard's Tail- Breast Weed Little Dragon- Tarragon Love in Idleness- Pansy Love Leaves- Burdock Love Lies Bleeding- Amaranth or Anemone Love Man- Goosegrass Love Parsley- Lovage Love Root- Orris Root Man's Bile- Turnip Sap Man's Health- Ginseng Maiden's Hair- Maidenhair Fern Maiden's Ruin- Southernwood Master of the Woods- Woodruff May- Black Haw May Lily- Lily of the Valley May Rose- Black Haw Maypops- Passion Flower Mistress of the Night- Tuberose Mother's Heart- Shepheard's Purse Mouse's Ear- Hawk Weed Mouse's Tail- Common Stonecrop Mutton Chops- Goosegrass Newt`s Tail- Saururus Nose Bleed- Yarrow Old-Maid's-Nightcap- Wild Geranium Old Man- Mugwort Old Man's Flannel- Great Mullein Old Man's Pepper- Yarrow Old Woman- Wormwood Oliver- Olive Organ Tea- Pennyroyal Paddock Pipes- Horsetail Pantagruelian- Marijuana Password- Primrose Peter's Staff- Great Mullein Pig's Tail- Leopard's Bane Poor Man's Treacle- Garlic Poor Man- Weatherglass Pimpernel Priest's Crown- Dandelion leaves Pucha-pat- Patchouli Queen of the Meadow- Meadowsweet Queen of the Meadow Root- Gravelroot Queen of the Night- Vanilla Cactus Queen's Delight- Silverleaf Queen's Root- Stilengia Rabbit's Foot- Field Clover Ram's Head- American Valerian Red Cockscomb- Amaranth Ring-o-Bells- Bluebells Robin-Run-in-the-Grass- Goosegrass Scaldhead- Blackberry See Bright- Clary Sage Semen of Ammon- Houseleek Semen of Ares- Clover Semen of Helios- White Hellebore Semen of Herakles- Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes- Dill Semen of Hephaistos- Fleabane Seed of Horus- Horehound Serpent's Tongue- Adder's Tongue Seven Barks- Hydrangea Seven Year's Love- Yarrow Shameface- Wild Geranium Shepherd's Heart- Shepherd's Purse Silver Bells- Black Haw Skin of a Man- Fern Skull- Skullcap Mushroom Snake's Blood- Hematite Stone Snake's Friend- Indian Paintbrush Snake's Head- Balmony Snake's Milk- Blooming Splurge Snake's Tongue- Adder's Tongue Fern Snake/ Snakeweed- Bistort Snow Drop- Bulbous Violet Soapwort- Comfrey or Daisy Sorcerer's Violet- Periwinkle Sparrow's Tongue- Knotweed Spider Lily- Spiderwort Squirrel's Ear- White Plantain St. John's Herb- Hemp Agrimony (This is not St. John's Wort) St. John's Plant- Mugwort Stag's Horn- Club Moss Star Flower- Borage Star of the Earth- Avens Starweed- Chickweed Sweethearts- Goosegrass Swine's Snout- Dandelion Leaves Tanner's Bark- Common Oak Tarragon- Mugwort Tartar Root- Ginseng Tears of a Baboon- Dill Juice Titan's Blood- Wild Lettuce Thor's Helper- Rowan Thousand Weed- Yarrow Thunder Plant- House Leek Toad- Toadflax Toe Of Frog- Bulbous Buttercup Leaves Tongue of dog- Hound's Tongue Tooth or Teeth- Pinecone(s) Torches- Great Mullein Tree of Heaven- Chinese Sumach Unicorn's Horn- False Unicorn Unicorn Root- Ague Root Wax Dolls- Fumitory Weazel Snout- Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel Weed- Ox-Eye Daisy White- Ox-eye Daisy White Man's Foot- Common Plantain White Wood- White Cinnamon Witch Bells- Foxglove Witch Herb- Mugwort Witch's Asprin- White Willow/Willow Bark Witch's Brier- Brier Hips Witch's Hair- Dodder Witch's Thimble- Datura Witchbane- Rowan Wolf Claw- Club Moss Wolf Foot- Bugle Weed Wolf's Hat- Wolfsbane Wolf's Milk- Euphorbia Worms- Gnarled, thin roots of a local tree

[auntwendy23]

Ever seen a spell and saw some weird ingredients in it? Eye of newt? Frog's foot? Lamb's ears? Surely to Goddess they don't mean the real thing!!!! Don't worry, they don't ;-) Here's a list of very old, yet still somewhat common nicknames for herbs.

*Note some of these herbs a considered dangerous. I would not recommend working with some of these herbs and above all else, DO NOT INGEST.

A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn

A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce

A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip (the leaves of the taproot)

A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap

A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane

A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood

Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod, Mullein

Absinthe: Wormwood

Achillea: yarrow

Adders Tongue: Dogstooth Violet

African Ginger: Ginger

Aftator Pear: Avocado

All Heal: Mistletoe, Valerian

American Dittany: Basil

Aneton: Dill

An Eagle: Wild Garlic

Aquifolius - Holly

Archangel - Angelica

Armstrong - Knotweed

Arrowroot - Yarrow

Assear: Comfrey

Ass's Foot or Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot

Ava - Kava Kava

Bad Man's Plaything: Yarrow

Bairnwort - Daisy

Bat's Wings: Holly

Battree - Elder

Bear's Foot: Lady's Mantle

Bee Balm - Lemon Balm

Beer Flower - Hops

Beggar's Buttons - Burdock

Beggarweed - Dodder

Bereza - Birch

Bindweed - Morning Glory

Bird's Eye - Pansy, Germander

Bird's Foot - Feunugreek

Bird's Nest - Carrot

Biscuits - Tomentil

Bitter Greass - Ague Root

Bitter Root - Gentian

Black Cherry - Belladonna

Black Maidenhair: Black Spleenwort

Black Sampson: Echinacea

Black Wort - Comfrey

Blessed Herb - Avens, Pimpernel

Blind Buff - Poppy

Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap

Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood

Blood from a Head - Lupine

Blue Buttons - Periwinkle

Blue Eyes - Potato

Blood of Ares: Purslane

Blood of a Goose: Mulberry Tree's Milk

Bloodwort: Yarrow

Blood of Hestia: Chamomile

Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall

Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breach

Bottle Brush: Horse Tail

Brain Thief: Mandrake

Bread and Cheese Tree - Hawthorne

Bride of the Meadow - Meadowsweet

Bride of the Sun: Marigold

Braisewort - Comfrey, Daisy

Bull's Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound

Burning Bush: White Dittany

Calendula: Marigold

Calf's Snout: Snapdragon

Cankerwort: Dandelion, Ragwort

Candlemas Maiden: Snowdrop

Candlewick Plant: Mullein

Cape Gum: Acacia

Capon's Tail: Valerian

Carpenter's Weed: Yarrow

Catmint: Catnip

Cat's Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy

Cat's Wort: Catnip

Cheeses: Marsh Mallow

Cherry Pie: Heliotrope

Chewing John: Glangal

China Root: Galangal

Chinese Parsley: Coriander

Chocolate: Carob

Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium

Christ's Eye: Vervain Sage

Christ's Ladder: Centaury

Christ's Thorn: Holly

Church Steeple: Agrimony

Clear-eye: Clary Sage

Click: Goosegrass

Clot: Great Mullein

Clove Root: Avens

Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe

Couch Grass: Witch's Grass

Cowgrass: Knotweed

Crowdy Kit: Figwort

Crow Corn: Ague Root

Crow's Foot: Cranesbill

Crown for a King: Wormwood

Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia

Cuckoo's Bread: Common Planatin

Cuddy's Lungs: Great Mullein

Cucumber Tree: Magnolia

Cupids Car: Wolf's Bane

Daphne: Bay Laurel

Death Angel: Agaric

Death Flower: Yarrow

Death's Herb: Belladonna

Delight of the Eye: Rowan

Devil' Apple - Datura

Devil's Cherries: Belladonna

Devils Dung: Asafoetida

Devil's' Eye: Henbane, Periwinkle

Devil's Flower: Bachelor's Buttons

Devil's Plaything: Yarrow

Dew of the Sea: Rosemary

Dog's Mouth: Snap Dragon

Dollar: Meadowsweet

Dove's Foot: Wild Geranium

Dragon's Blood: Calamus

Dragon Wort: Bistort

Dumbledore's Delight: Wolf's Bane

Earth Smoke: Fumitory

Elf Leaf: Lavender, Rosemary

Elf's Wort: Elecampane

Enchanter's Plant: Vervain

English Cowslip: Primrose

Englishman's Foot: Common Plantain

Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint

Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass

Eye Balm: Goldenseal

Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell

Eye of the Day: Common Daisy

Eye of Newt: Mustard Seed

Eye of the Star: Horehound

Eye Root: Goldenseal

Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright

Fairies Horses: Ragwort

Fair Lady: Belladonna

Fairy Bells: Sorrell, Wood

Fairy Cup: Cow Slip

Fairy Fingers: Foxglove

Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe

Fairy Petticoats: Foxglove

Fairy Weed: Foxglove

False Wintergreen: Pipsissewa

Fat from a Head: Spurge

Felon Herb: Mugwort

Field Hops: Yarrow

Five Fingers: Cinquefoil

Flute Plant: Meadow Rue

Folk's Gloves: Foxglove

Fox Bells: Foxglove

Foxtail: Club Moss

French Wheat: Buckwheat

Frog's Foot: Bulbous Buttercup

From the Belly: Earth-apple

From the Foot: Houseleek

From the Loins: Chamomile

Frozen Roses: Wood Rose

Fruit of the Gods: Apple

Fruit of the Underworld: Apple

Gagroot: Lobelia

Gallowsgrass: Hemp

Garden Heliotrope: Valerian

Ghost Flower: Datura

Gillies: Carnation

Gin Plant: Juniper

Giver of Life: Corn

Goat's Foot: Ash Weed

Goat's Leaf: Honeysuckle

Goat's Weed: St John's Wort

God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern

Golden Bough: Mistletoe

Golden Star: Avens

Goldes: Marigold

Gosling Wing: Goosegrass

Graveyard Dust: Mullein

Graveeyard Flowers: Plumeria

Ground Apple: Chamomile

Ground Raspberry: Golden Seal

Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy

Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed

Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern

Hag's Taper: Great Mullein

Hagthorn: Hawthorn

Happy Major: Burdock

Harebell: Bluebell

Hare's Beard: Great Mullein

Headache: Poppy

Healing Herb: Comfrey

Helmet Flower: Scullcap

Herb of Enchantment: Vervain

Herb of Grace: Rue, Vervain

Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern

Holy Herb: Yerba Santa

Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony

Honey Stalks: Clove

Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa

Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern

Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot

Horse Violet: Pansy

Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle

Hundred Leaved Grass

Indian Dye: Golden Seal

Indian God Tree: Banyon

Indian Paint: Golden Seal

Indian Root: Trillium

Indian Sage - Bonesset

Indian Tobacco - Lobelia

Innocense: Bluets

Jacob's Ladder - Lily of the Valley

Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein

Jaundice R

Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram

Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle

Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein

Juno's Tears - Vervain

King's Crown: Black Haw

Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow

Klamath Weed - St Johns Wort

Knight's Milfoil - Yarrow

Knitback - Comfrey

Kronos' Blood: sap of Cedar

Ladder to Heaven - Lily of the Valley

Lady's Glove: Foxglove

Lady's Meat: Hawthorn

Lad's Love: Southernwood

Lamb's Ears: Betony

Lamb Mint: Spearmint

Lion's Herb: Columbine

Lion's Mouth: Foxglove

Lion's Tooth: Dandelion

Little Dragon: Tarragon

Love Fruit: Orange

Love Herbs: Lovage

Love Idol: Pansy

Love in Idleness: Pansy

Love Leaves: Burdock

Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth/Anemone

Love Man: Goosegrass

Love Parsley: Lovage

Love Root: Orris Root

Mackeral Mint: Spearmint

Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood

Man's Health: Ginseng

[tipsycad147]

Herbs and Their Witchy Names

original graphic by: LorelainW

One of the things you might notice when working with spells is they call for some different ingredients. For example, eye of newt, wool of bat, toe of frog. To some who happen across these spells it can help lend to some of the fear surrounding witches because some of the ingredients may seem a bit bizarre. However, you will often find that seldom will those ingredients be literal. For example, if you see eye of newt in a spell, you are not going go out and get an actual eye from a newt. It actually refers to mustard seed.

The reason we have these names, stems from ancient times when it was not safe to keep spells about. So to protect the craft these names would be used instead. Some of them are just Old English, and some even date back to ancient China. A lot of times, you will find that the name is based on what the herb resembles. You will also find that many witches still use these names to this day. The more you work with magick and spell work the more familiar with these names you will become. I wanted to provide you with a basic list that you can use to work with as you are becoming familiar with working with them. As you find more you can add more to it.

A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn A Titan’s Blood: Wild Lettuce A Lion’s Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip (the leaves of the taproot) A Man’s Bile: Turnip Sap A Pig’s Tail: Leopard’s Bane A Hawk’s Heart: Heart of Wormwood Aaron’s Rod: Goldenrod, Mullein Absinthe: Wormwood Achillea: yarrow Adders Tongue: Dogstooth Violet African Ginger: Ginger Aftator Pear: Avocado All Heal: Mistletoe, Valerian American Dittany: Basil Aneton: Dill An Eagle: Wild Garlic Aquifolius – Holly Archangel – Angelica Armstrong – Knotweed Arrowroot – Yarrow Assear: Comfrey Ass’s Foot or Bull’s Foot: Coltsfoot Ava – Kava Kava Bad Man’s Plaything: Yarrow Bairnwort – Daisy Bat’s Wings: Holly Battree – Elder Bear’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle Bee Balm – Lemon Balm Beer Flower – Hops Beggar’s Buttons – Burdock Beggarweed – Dodder Bereza – Birch Bindweed – Morning Glory Bird’s Eye – Pansy, Germander Bird’s Foot – Feunugreek Bird’s Nest – Carrot Biscuits – Tomentil Bitter Greass – Ague Root Bitter Root – Gentian Black Cherry – Belladonna Black Maidenhair: Black Spleenwort Black Sampson: Echinacea Black Wort – Comfrey Blessed Herb – Avens, Pimpernel Blind Buff – Poppy Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Blood from a Head – Lupine Blue Buttons – Periwinkle Blue Eyes – Potato Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: Mulberry Tree’s Milk Bloodwort: Yarrow Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Blood from a Shoulder: Bear’s Breach Bottle Brush: Horse Tail Brain Thief: Mandrake Bread and Cheese Tree – Hawthorne Bride of the Meadow – Meadowsweet Bride of the Sun: Marigold Braisewort – Comfrey, Daisy Bull’s Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Burning Bush: White Dittany Calendula: Marigold Calf’s Snout: Snapdragon Cankerwort: Dandelion, Ragwort Candlemas Maiden: Snowdrop Candlewick Plant: Mullein Cape Gum: Acacia Capon’s Tail: Valerian Carpenter’s Weed: Yarrow Catmint: Catnip Cat’s Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Cat’s Wort: Catnip Cheeses: Marsh Mallow Cherry Pie: Heliotrope Chewing John: Glangal China Root: Galangal Chinese Parsley: Coriander Chocolate: Carob Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium Christ’s Eye: Vervain Sage Christ’s Ladder: Centaury Christ’s Thorn: Holly Church Steeple: Agrimony Clear-eye: Clary Sage Click: Goosegrass Clot: Great Mullein Clove Root: Avens Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe Couch Grass: Witch’s Grass Cowgrass: Knotweed Crowdy Kit: Figwort Crow Corn: Ague Root Crow’s Foot: Cranesbill Crown for a King: Wormwood Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia Cuckoo’s Bread: Common Planatin Cuddy’s Lungs: Great Mullein Cucumber Tree: Magnolia Cupids Car: Wolf’s Bane Daphne: Bay Laurel Death Angel: Agaric Death Flower: Yarrow Death’s Herb: Belladonna Delight of the Eye: Rowan Devil’ Apple – Datura Devil’s Cherries: Belladonna Devils Dung: Asafoetida Devil’s’ Eye: Henbane, Periwinkle Devil’s Flower: Bachelor’s Buttons Devil’s Plaything: Yarrow Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Dog’s Mouth: Snap Dragon Dollar: Meadowsweet Dove’s Foot: Wild Geranium Dragon’s Blood: Calamus Dragon Wort: Bistort Dumbledore’s Delight: Wolf’s Bane Earth Smoke: Fumitory Elf Leaf: Lavender, Rosemary Elf’s Wort: Elecampane Enchanter’s Plant: Vervain English Cowslip: Primrose Englishman’s Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass Eye Balm: Goldenseal Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell Eye of the Day: Common Daisy Eye of Newt: Mustard Seed Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright Fairies Horses: Ragwort Fair Lady: Belladonna Fairy Bells: Sorrell, Wood Fairy Cup: Cow Slip Fairy Fingers: Foxglove Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe Fairy Petticoats: Foxglove Fairy Weed: Foxglove False Wintergreen: Pipsissewa Fat from a Head: Spurge Felon Herb: Mugwort Field Hops: Yarrow Five Fingers: Cinquefoil Flute Plant: Meadow Rue Folk’s Gloves: Foxglove Fox Bells: Foxglove Foxtail: Club Moss French Wheat: Buckwheat Frog’s Foot: Bulbous Buttercup From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek From the Loins: Chamomile Frozen Roses: Wood Rose Fruit of the Gods: Apple Fruit of the Underworld: Apple Gagroot: Lobelia Gallowsgrass: Hemp Garden Heliotrope: Valerian Ghost Flower: Datura Gillies: Carnation Gin Plant: Juniper Giver of Life: Corn Goat’s Foot: Ash Weed Goat’s Leaf: Honeysuckle Goat’s Weed: St John’s Wort God’s Hair: Hart’s Tongue Fern Golden Bough: Mistletoe Golden Star: Avens Goldes: Marigold Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Graveeyard Flowers: Plumeria Ground Apple: Chamomile Ground Raspberry: Golden Seal Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern Hag’s Taper: Great Mullein Hagthorn: Hawthorn Happy Major: Burdock Harebell: Bluebell Hare’s Beard: Great Mullein Headache: Poppy Healing Herb: Comfrey Helmet Flower: Scullcap Herb of Enchantment: Vervain Herb of Grace: Rue, Vervain Hind’s Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony Honey Stalks: Clove Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Horse Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Horse Violet: Pansy Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle Hundred Leaved Grass Indian Dye: Golden Seal Indian God Tree: Banyon Indian Paint: Golden Seal Indian Root: Trillium Indian Sage – Bonesset Indian Tobacco – Lobelia Innocense: Bluets Jacob’s Ladder – Lily of the Valley Jacob’s Staff: Great Mullein Jaundice R Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle Jupiter’s Staff: Great Mullein Juno’s Tears – Vervain King’s Crown: Black Haw Knight’s Milfoil: Yarrow Klamath Weed – St Johns Wort Knight’s Milfoil – Yarrow Knitback – Comfrey Kronos’ Blood: sap of Cedar Ladder to Heaven – Lily of the Valley Lady’s Glove: Foxglove Lady’s Meat: Hawthorn Lad’s Love: Southernwood Lamb’s Ears: Betony Lamb Mint: Spearmint Lion’s Herb: Columbine Lion’s Mouth: Foxglove Lion’s Tooth: Dandelion Little Dragon: Tarragon Love Fruit: Orange Love Herbs: Lovage Love Idol: Pansy Love in Idleness: Pansy Love Leaves: Burdock Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth/Anemone Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root Mackeral Mint: Spearmint Maiden’s Ruin: Southernwood Man’s Health: Ginseng Master of the Woods: Woodruff May: Black Haw May Lily: Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Mayflower: Hawthorne Maypops: Passion Flower Military Herb: Yarrow Miracle Herb: Comfrey Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mosquito Plant: Pennyroyal Mutton Chops: Goosegrass Naughty Man’s Cherries: Belladonna Nine Hooks: Lady’s Mantle Nine Joints: Knotweed Nose Bleed: Yarrow Obeah Wood: Ebony Old-Maid’s-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Man’s Flannel: Great Mullein Old Man Fennel: Mullein Old Man’s Pepper: Yarrow Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort Old Woman: Wormwood Oliver: Olive Organ Tea: Pennyroyal Paddock Pipes: Horsetail Password: Primrose Pearl Moss: Irish Moss Peter’s Staff: Great Mullein Priest’s Crown: Dandelion leaves Poor Man’s Treacle: Garlic Pucha-Pat: Patchouli Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Queen of the Meadow Root: Gravelroot Queen’s Root: Stillengia Quick: Hawthorn Quickbane: Rowan Quick Grass: Witch Grass Rabbits: Toadflax Ram’s Head: American Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth Ring-o-bells: Bluebells Robin-run-in-the-grass: Goosegrass Run by the ground: Pennyroyal Sacred Bark: Cascara Sagrada Sacred Herb: Yerba Santa Sacred Mother: Corn Sacred Mushroom: Agaric Sailor’s Tobacco: Mugwort Scaldhead: Blackberry See Bright: Clary Sage Seed of Horus: Horehound Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes: Dill Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane Seven Year’s Love: Yarrow Shameface: Wild Geranium Shepherd’s Heart: Shepherd’s Purse Silver Bells: Black Haw Silver Dollar: Honesty Snake’s Grass: Yarrow Soapwort: Comfrey or Daisy Soldier’s Tea: Horehound Sorcerer’s Berry: Belladonna Sorcerer’s Herb: Datura Sorcerer’s Violet: Periwinkle Sparrow’s Tongue: Knotweed St. John’s Herb: Hemp Agrimony St. John’s Plant: Mugwort Star Flower: Borage Star of the Earth: Avens Starweed: Chickweed Storm Hat: Wolf’s Bane Summer’s Bride: Marigold Sweethearts: Goosegrass Swine’s Snout: Dandelion Leaves Tanner’s Bark: Toadflax Tarragon: Mugwort Tartar Root: Ginseng Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Thousand Weed: Yarrow Thunder Plant: House Leek Tongue of Dog: Houndstongue Torches: Great Mullein Unicorn Root: Ague Root Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weazel Snout: Yellow Archangel White: Ox-eye Daisy White Man’s Foot: Common Plantain White Wood: White Cinnamon Witch’s Asprin: White Willow Bark Witch’s Brier: Brier Hips Weasel Snout: Yellow Archangel Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed Wolf’s Milk: Euphorbia

Have a magickal day!

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Jasmeine Moonsong

http://jasmeinemoonsong.com/herbs-and-their-witchy-names-3/

[thehappiestpumpkin]

Ye Olde Ingredients

A Bone of an Ibis;  Buckthorn Adders Tongue: Dogstooth Violet A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip (the leaves of the taproot) A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood                                     An Eagle: Wild Garlic Ass's Foot or Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Burning Bush: White Dittany Bread and Cheese Tree: Hawthorne Blood from a Head: Lupine Bird's Eye:   Germander Speedwell Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: Mulberry Tree's Milk Bloodwort: Yarrow Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breach Bat's Wings: Holly Black Sampson: Echinacea Bull's Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Bear's Foot: Lady's Mantle Calf's Snout: Snapdragon                                     Cat's Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Candelmas Maiden: Snowdrop Capon's Tail: Valerian Christ's Ladder: Centaury Cheeses: Marsh Mallow Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium Christ's Eye: Vervain Sage Clear-eye:Clary Sage Click: Goosegrass Cucumber Tree: Magnolia Clot: Great Mullein Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe Crowdy Kit: Figwort Cuddy's Lungs: Great Mullein Crow Foot: Cranesbill Cuckoo's Bread: Common Plantain  Crow's Foot: Wild Geranium Devils Dung: Asafoetida Dragon's Blood: Calamus Dog's Mouth: Snap Dragon                                     Daphne: Laurel/Bay Devil's Plaything: Yarrow Dove's Foot: Wild Geranium Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Dragon Wort: Bistort Earth Smoke: Fumitory Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell Elf's Wort: Elecampane Enchanter's Plant: Vervain Englishman's Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass                                     Eye of the Day: Common Daisy Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright                                     Frog's Foot: Bulbous Buttercup From the Loins: Chamomile Fat from a Head: Spurge Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe                                     Felon Herb: Mugwort From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek Five Fingers: Cinquefoil Fox's  Clote: Burdock Graveyard Dust: Mullein Goat's Foot: Ash Weed God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern Golden Star: Avens                                     Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern Hag's Taper: Great Mullein Hagthorn: Hawthorn Hare's Beard: Great Mullein                                     Herb of Grace: Vervain Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle Innocense:  Bluets Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein King's Crown: Black Haw Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow Kronos' Blood: sap of Cedar Lady's Glove: Foxglove Lion's Tooth: Dandelion                                     Lad's Love: Southernwood Lamb's Ears: Betony Little Dragon: Tarragon Love in Idleness: Pansy Love Leaves:  Burdock Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth/Anemone Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root                                     Man's Health: Ginseng Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood Master of the Woods: Woodruff May: Black Haw May Lily:   Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Maypops: Passion Flower Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mutton Chops:  Goosegrass Nose Bleed: Yarrow Old-Maid's-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Man's Flannel: Great Mullein Old Man's Pepper: Yarrow Oliver: Olive Password: Primrose Pucha-pat: Patchouli Peter's Staff: Great Mullein Priest's Crown: Dandelion leaves Poor Man's Treacle: Garlic Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet                                     Queen of the Meadow Root: Gravelroot Ram's Head: American Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth Ring-o-bells: Bluebells                                     Robin-run-in-the-grass: Goosegrass Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes: Dill Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Seed of Horus: Horehound Sparrow's Tongue: Knotweed Soapwort: Comfrey or Daisy Shepherd's Heart: Shepherd's Purse Swine's Snout: Dandelion leaves Shameface: Wild Geranium See Bright: Clary Sage Scaldhead: Blackberry Seven Year's Love: Yarrow Silver Bells: Black Haw Sorcerer's Violet: Periwinkle St. John's Herb: Hemp Agrimony St. John's Plant: Mugwort Star Flower: Borage Star of the Earth: Avens Starweed: Chickweed Sweethearts: Goosegrass Tarragon:  Mugwort Tartar Root: Ginseng Thousand Weed: Yarrow Thunder Plant: House Leek Tanner's Bark: Toadflax Torches: Great Mullein Tongue of dog: Houndstongue Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Unicorn Root: Ague Root Unicorn's  Horn: False Unicorn Unicorn Horn: True Unicorn Root Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weazel Snout: Yellow Archangel White:  Ox-eye Daisy White Wood: White Cinnamon Witch's Asprin: White Willow Bark Witch's Brier: Brier Hips Weasel Snout: Yellow Archangel Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf's Milk: Euphorbia Weed: Ox-Eye Daisy                                     White Man's Foot: Common Plantain 

[magicoldcottage]

Q. Where can I buy “eye of newt?”

A. Please don't!

This is not black magic and there is no need to abuse poor little newts. This is simply ancient witch code for Mustard seeds.

Back in the middle ages most witches made their livings selling healing products that actually worked. To prevent non-witches from discovering their secrets they developed a code for their Grimoires that would prevent people from learning what was really being used. It also added an air of mystery. Ask yourself what sounds more witchy.

“What's this ointment made from”

“Crows Feet collected under a full moon my dear”

Or

“It’s Geranium”

William Shakespeare immortalised the code in his plays  and our potions contents are now the stuff of legends. If you wish to bring back this tradition or are simply trying to unravel an old spell hit more for a good list and their true meanings. Why not buy a UV pen and make your own list in the back of your book, adding in some more modern herbs and flowers.

Snake’s Tongue - Adder’s Tongue Fern

Lady’s Slipper - American Valerian

Devils Dung - Asafoetida

Goat’s Foot - Ash Weed

Golden Star - Avens

Snake’s Head - Balmony

Blood from a Shoulder - Bear’s Breeches

Lamb’s Ears - Betony

Dragon Wort - Bistort

King’s Crown - Black Haw

Snake’s Milk - Blooming Splurge

Innocence - Bluets

Lizard’s Tail - Breast Weed

Bone of an Ibis - Buckthorn

Wolf Foot - Bugle Weed

Frog’s Foot - Bulbous Buttercup

Snow Drop - Bulbous Violet

Beggar’s Buttons - Burdock

Fox’s Clote - Burdock

Dragon’s Blood - Calamus

Blood of Hestia - Camomile

John’s Bread - Carob

Blood of Kronos - Cedar

From the Loins - Chamomile

Tree of Heaven - Chinese Sumach

Semen of Ares - Clover

Stag’s Horn - Club Moss

Wolf Claw - Club Moss

Beggar’s Tick - Cockhold

Bull’s Foot - Coltsfoot

Horse Hoof - Coltsfoot

Holy Rope - Common Agrimony

Eye of the Day - Common Daisy

Englishman’s Foot - Common Plantain

Mouse’s Tail - Common Stonecrop

Dogs Tongue - Conoglossum Officinale

Eyes - Daisy

Pig’s Snout - Dandelion (1)

Priest’s Crown - Dandelion (2)

Semen of Hermes - Dill

Tears of a Baboon - Dill Juice

Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon - Dill Seed.

From the Belly - Earth apple

Blood - Elder sap

Elf’s Wort - Elecampane

Unicorn’s Horn - False Unicorn

Rabbit’s Foot - Field Clover

Five Fingers - Five-leaf grass

Semen of Hephaistos - Fleabane

Bloody Finger - Foxglove (1)

Fairie’s Finger - Foxglove (2)

Lady’s Glove - Foxglove (3)

Burning Bush - Fraxinella

Old Man’s Beard - Fringe Tree

Earth Smoke - Fumitory

Jew’s Ear - Fungus on Elder or Elm

An Eagle - Garlic

Bird’s Eye - Germander Speedwell

Eye Root - Goldenseal

Everlasting Friendship - Goosegrass (1)

Gosling Wing - Goosegrass (2)

Cuddy’s Lungs - Great Mullein (1)

Hare’s Beard - Great Mullein (2)

Jacob’s Staff - Great Mullein (3)

Jupiter’s Staff - Great Mullein (4)

Cat’s Foot - Ground Ivy

Hind’s Tongue - Hart’s Tongue Fern (1)

Horse Tongue - Hart’s Tongue Fern (2)

Mouse’s Ear - Hawk Weed

Hawk’s Heart - Heart of Wormwood

Bat’s Wings - Holly

Bull’s Blood - Horehound (1)

Eye of the Star - Horehound (2)

Semen of Horus - Horehound (3)

From the Foot - Houseleek (1)

Jupiter’s Foot - Houseleek (2)

Semen of Ammon - Houseleek (3)

Fairy Smoke - Indian Pipe

Butcher’s Broom - Irish Tops

Wolf’s Milk - Kansui Root

Sparrow’s Tongue - Knotweed

Bear’s Foot - Lady’s Mantle

Pig’s Tail - Leopard’s Bane

Blood from a Head - Lupine

Blood from a Head - Lupins

Cucumber Tree - Magnolia

Hair of Venus - Maidenhair Fern (1)

Maiden’s Hair - Maidenhair Fern (2)

Ox’s Eye - Marguerite

Joy of the Mountain - Marjoram

Ladies’ Meat - May Flower blossom

Felon Herb - Mugwort

Blood of a Goose - Mulberry Tree’s Milk

Graveyard Dust - Mullein

Eye of Newt - Mustard Seed

Semen of Herakles - Mustard-rocket

Lady’s Mantle - Nine Hooks

Kronos blood - ocedar

Great Ox-eye - Ox-eye Daisy

Hundred Eyes - Periwinkle

Blood of Ares - Purslane

Gazel’s Hooves - Quickset

Blood Leather - Reindeer Moss

Dew of the Sea - Rosemary

Heart of Osmund - Royal Fern

Mother’s Heart - Shepheard’s Purse (1)

Shepherd’s Heart - Shepheard’s Purse (2)

Queen’s Delight - Silverleaf

Dog’s Mouth - Snapdragon (1)

Calf’s Snout - Snapdragon (2)

Lad’s Love - Southernwood

Erba Santa Maria - Spearmint

Lady’s Tresses - Spira Root

Fat from a Head - Spurges

Devil’s Bit - Starwort

Blood of an Eye - Tamarisk Gall

Toad - Toadflax

Flesh and Blood - Tormentil

Lion’s Hairs - Turnip leaves

A Man’s Bile - Turnip Sap

Negro Head - Vegetable Ivory

Enchanter’s Plant - Vervain (1)

Herb of Grace - Vervain (2)

Serpent’s Tongue - Violet

Semen of Helios - White Hellebore

Squirrel’s Ear - White Plantain

Chocolate Flower - Wild Geranium (1)

Crow’s Foot - Wild Geranium (2)

Dove’s Foot - Wild Geranium (3)

Blood of a Titan - Wild Lettuce

Blood of Hephaistos - Wormwood

Bloodwort - Yarrow (1)

Devil’s Plaything - Yarrow (2)

Knight’s Milfoil - Yarrow (3)

Weasel Snout - Yellow Archangel

Holy Herb - Yerba Santa

For some modern herbalism (Click Here for my guide)

For my Witch-Crafting index (Click here)

[cannawitchcreations]

Magickal Folk Names for Herbs

Having knowledge of herbs and plants (either magically or medicinally) during the Middle Ages, often was reason enough to accuse a woman of being a "witch,” so there is no doubt some of the country folk at the time took these herbal folk names literal.  Chances are, these names were used merely as descriptors to help remember them easier.  Most plants were given names descriptive of their uses and others were given names for something they generally resembled. Spells written by witches in ancient times were often written with such descriptors, which personally i believe to be a form of secret coding.

Here is a small list of “witchy” herb names (most of these are already floating around the community) that you can use in your craft when you create your spells.  This list could be a great addition to any Grimoire and i hope you find them as useful as i do.

Enjoy ~~~  Cannawitch

Plants

Aaron's Rod - Goldenrod or mullein stalk Absinthe - Wormwood Adder's Fork - Adder's Tongue Fern or Bistort Adder's Tongue - Dog's Tooth Violet (or Adder's Tongue Fern Ague root - Unicorn root Alison - Sweet Alyssum Angel Food, Archangel - Angelica Angel's Trumpet - Datura Ass's Ear - colt's foot or comfrey Ass's Foot, Bull's Foot - colt's foot Auld Man's Bells, Old man's bells - wood hyacinth, Hyacinthoides hispanica

Bad Man's/Devil's Oatmeal/Porridge - hemlock Bad Man's/Devil's Plaything - Yarrow Bastard - false Dittany Bat flower - tacca Bat's Wing - Holly leaf Bat's Wool - moss (which moss?) Bear's Foot - Lady's Mantle Bear's Grape Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bear Paw - ramsons Allium ursinum or the root of male fern Dryopteris Felix-mas Bear weed - Yerba Santa Eriodictyon californicum Beard of a Monk - Chicory Beggar's Lice - Hound's tongue Beggar's Buttons - Burdock Bird's Eye - Speedwell Veronica officinalis Bird's Foot - Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum (Also bird's foot violet and bird's foot trefoil) Bird's Nest - carrot, Indian pipe Bishop's Wort, Bishop's Elder - Wood betony Stachys betonica Bitter Grass - Ague Root Aletris Farinosa Black Sampson - Echinacea Blazing Star - liatris Blind Eyes - Poppy Blood from a head - Lupine * Blood from a shoulder - Bear's breech * Blood of a Goose - Sap from a mulberry * Morus nigra Blood of an Eye - Tamarisk gall * (probably the tannin extracted from) Blood of Ares - purslane * Blood of Hephaestus - wormwood * Blood of Hestia - Chamomile * Blood - sap of the elder or bloodwort Bloody butcher - Valerian Bloody Fingers - Foxglove Blue Bottle - Bachelor's buttons Boy's Love, Lad's Love: Southernwood Brain Thief - Mandrake Bone of an Ibis - buckthorn * I am not sure if this is Rhamnus cathartica or sea buckthorn Hippophae spp If I can find a recipe containing this, I will know for sure by comparing its purpose to their very different qualities Bread and Cheese - Hawthorn Bride of the Meadow - meadowsweet Bull's Blood - beet or horehound Burning bush - false dittany, also a modern name for species of Euonymus Cow's Horn - Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum Bride of the Sun - calendula Brown Dragon - wake robin Buttons - tansy

Calf's snout - Snapdragon Candlemas Maiden - snowdrop Candlewick - mullein, the flower stalk Capon's Tail - valerian Carpenter's Herb - bugleweed Lycopus europaeus Carpenter's Square - knotted figwort Carpenter's weed - Yarrow Cat - catnip Cat's foot - white balsam, black cohosh, ground ivy Cat's herb - valerian Chameleon star - bromeliad Cheeses - marsh mallow Chocolate flower - wild geranium (I don't buy it) Christ's eye - wild clary Salvia verbenaca Christ's ladder - centaury Christ's spear - adder's tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum Church steeple - Agrimony Clear eye - clary sage Cleavers - bedstraw Click - goosegrass Clot - great mullien Cocklebur - Agrimony Cock's comb - amaranth Colt's Tail - fleabane Crane's bill - wild geranium Crow's foot - wild geranium, or wood anemone bulbous buttercup (verified) Crowdy kit - figwort Cuckoo's bread - common plantago Cucumber tree - magnolia Cuddy's lungs - great mullein Crown for a king - wormwood

Dagger flower - blue flag Daphne - bay laurel Dead man's bells foxglove Death angel - fly agaric Amanita Muscaria Death cap - fly agaric Amanita Muscaria Death flower - Yarrow Death's Herb - Belladonna Delight of the Eye - rowan Devil Plant - basil Devil's Apple - Mayapple or Mandrake Devil's beard - houseleek Devil's bit - false unicorn root Devil's cherries Belladonna berries Devil's plaything - yarrow Devil's dung - asafoetida Devil's ear - wakerobin Devil's eye - henbane or periwinkle Devil's flower - bachelor's buttons Devil's fuge - mistletoe Devil's guts - dodder Devil's herb - belladonna Devil's milk - celandine Devil's nettle - yarrow Devil's Shoestring: Various varieties of vibernum, esp Black Haw, cramp bark, hobblebush Dew of the Sea - Rosemary Dog Berry - wild rose hips Dog's mouth - snap dragon Dog's tongue - hound's tongue Dove's foot - wild geranium Dragon - tarragon Dragon Flower - blue flag (really, wild iris? not an arum or a Antirrhinum?) Dragon wort - bistort Dragon's blood - calamus

Eagle - ramsons Allium ursinum Earth apple - potato Earth smoke- fumitory Elf's wort - Elecampane Enchanter's plant - vervain Englishman's fruit/ White man's foot - common plantain Everlasting friendship - goosegrass Eye root - goldenseal

Fairy smoke - Indian pipe Fairy fingers - foxglove Fat from a Head - spurge * Felon herb - Mugwort Five fingers - cinquefoil Fox's Clote - burdock Frog's foot - bulbous buttercup From the belly - Earth-apple. * potato?? Did the writers know about potatoes? When was pgm written? From the foot - houseleek * From the loins - chamomile *

Goat's foot - morning glory Goat's Horn - Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum God's hair - hart's tongue fern Golden's star - avens Gosling's wing - goosegrass Graveyard dust - mullein (and sometimes it's just graveyard dust)

Hag's taper - mullien stalk Hagthorn - hawthorn Hair of Venus - Maidenhair fern Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed * Hare's beard - mullein Hawk's Heart, Old Woman - Wormwood Artemisia absinthium crown or seed head * Hind's tongue - hart's tongue fern Holy herb - yerba santa Holy rope - hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum Horse tongue - hart's tongue fern Hundred eyes - periwinkle

Innocence - bluets

Jacob's Staff - Great Mullein Joy of the Mountain - Marjoram Jupiter's Staff - Great Mullein

King's Crown: Black Haw vibernum Knight's Milfoil - Yarrow Kronos' Blood - sap of Cedar *

Lady's glove - foxglove Lamb's ears - betony but more likely lamb's ear Stachys byzantina Lion's Hair - The extra little roots that stick out of the turnip bulb or the base leaves Brassica rapa * Lion's tooth - dandelion Little dragon - tarragon Love in idleness - pansy Love Lies Bleeding - amaranth (Not so ancient, a modern ornamental variant) Love Leaves - burdock Love man - goosegrass Love Parsley - lovage Love root - orris root

Maiden's Ruin - Southernwood Man's Bile - Turnip Juice * Man's Health - Ginseng Master of the Woods - Woodruff May Lily - Lily of the Valley May Rose - Black Haw viburnum May - Black Haw viburnum Maypops - Passion Flower Mistress of the Night - Tuberose Mutton Chops - Goosegrass

Nose Bleed - Yarrow

Old Man's Flannel - Great Mullein Old Man's Pepper - Yarrow Old-Maid's-Nightcap - Wild Geranium

Password - primrose Peter's Staff - Great Mullein Poor Man's Treacle - Garlic Priest's Crown - Dandelion leaves

Queen of the Meadow Root - Gravelroot Queen of the Meadow - Meadowsweet Queen of the Night - Vanilla Cactus

Rats and Mice - Hound's tongue Ram's horn - valerian Ring a Bells - bluebell Robin run in the grass - goosegrass

Scaldhead - blackberry Seed of Horus - horehound See bright - Clary sage Semen of Ammon - Houseleek * Semen of Ares - Clover * Semen of Helios - White Hellebore * Semen of Hephaistos - Fleabane * Semen of Herakles - arugula * Semen of Hermes - Dill * Seven Year's Love Yarrow Shameface - Wild Geranium Shepherd's Heart - Shepherd's Purse Silver Bells - Black Haw viburnum Snake Root - black cohosh Soapwort - Comfrey or Daisy or maybe Soapwort Sorcerer's Violet - Periwinkle Sparrow's Tongue - Knotweed St. John's Herb - Hemp Agrimony St. John's Plant - Mugwort Star Flower - Borage Star of the Earth - Avens Starweed - Chickweed Sweethearts - Goosegrass Swine's Snout - Dandelion leaves

Tail of a Pig - Leopard's bane * Tanner's bark - toadflax Tartar root - ginseng Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon - Dill Juice * Thousand weed - yarrow Thunder plant - houseleek Titan's Blood - Wild Lettuce Lactuca virosa * Torches - mullein flower stalk

Unicorn's horn - unicorn root or false unicorn root Urine - dandelion or maybe urine

Wax dolls - fumitory Weasel - rue Weasel snout - yellow archangel Winter wood - wild cinnamon Canella alba White - ox eye daisy Witch's Asprin - white willow bark (this is ancient?) Witch's brier - wild brier rose hips Wolf claw - club moss Wolf's foot - bugleweed Wolf's milk - euphorbia Woodpecker - herbLpeony Worm fern- male fern Dryopteris Felix-mas

Yerba Santa Maria - epazote

Plant Parts/Body Parts

Blood - Sap or juice Eye - The disc of a composite flower, or a seed Foot - Leaf Guts - Roots, stalks, tangly bits Hair - Very stringy roots (sometimes silk or tangly stems) Head - Flower head or seed head Tail - Stem Tongue - Petal, sometimes stigma Toes - leaf or bud Paw - sometimes bud, usually leaf Privates - Seed pod Worm - stringy roots Wool - Moss

Minerals

A Snake's Ball of Thread - soapstone * Blood of a Snake - hematite * Crocodile Dung - Soil from Ethiopia * A Physician's bone - sandstone *

Animal Parts

A Snake's Head - A leech * Blood of a Hyrax - A rock badger, * small weasel-like/rodent-like (but actually neither) creature native to Africa and the Middle East Blood of a Hamadryas Baboon - Blood of a spotted gecko * Bull's semen - the egg of a blister beetle * Lion Semen - Human semen * Kronos' Spice - Pig Milk *

* From Ecloga ex Papyris Magicis: Liber I, V, xxvi

More Sources for verification -

Galen - De succedaneis, Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia, v 19

Paulus Aegineta, Corpus Medicorum Graecorum IX/2 vII

Dioscorides De Materia Medica

Witchipedia

Lady Raven

Tryskelion

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TIL: "Eye of Newt” is Just Mustard Seed.

More witchy fun facts:

A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip (the leaves of the taproot) A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod, Mullein Absinthe: Wormwood Achillea: yarrow Adders Tongue: Dogstooth Violet African Ginger: Ginger Aftator Pear: Avocado All Heal: Mistletoe, Valerian American Dittany: Basil Aneton: Dill An Eagle: Wild Garlic Aquifolius - Holly Archangel - Angelica Armstrong - Knotweed Arrowroot - Yarrow Assear: Comfrey Ass's Foot or Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot Ava - Kava Kava Bad Man's Plaything: Yarrow Bairnwort - Daisy Bat's Wings: Holly Battree - Elder Bear's Foot: Lady's Mantle Bee Balm - Lemon Balm Beer Flower - Hops Beggar's Buttons - Burdock Beggarweed - Dodder Bereza - Birch Bindweed - Morning Glory Bird's Eye - Pansy, Germander Bird's Foot - Feunugreek Bird's Nest - Carrot Biscuits - Tomentil Bitter Greass - Ague Root Bitter Root - Gentian Black Cherry - Belladonna Black Maidenhair: Black Spleenwort Black Sampson: Echinacea Black Wort - Comfrey Blessed Herb - Avens, Pimpernel Blind Buff - Poppy

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Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Blood from a Head - Lupine Blue Buttons - Periwinkle Blue Eyes - Potato Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: Mulberry Tree's Milk Bloodwort: Yarrow Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breach   Bottle Brush: Horse Tail Brain Thief: Mandrake Bread and Cheese Tree - Hawthorne Bride of the Meadow - Meadowsweet Bride of the Sun: Marigold Braisewort - Comfrey, Daisy Bull's Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Burning Bush: White Dittany Calendula: Marigold Calf's Snout: Snapdragon Cankerwort: Dandelion, Ragwort Candlemas Maiden: Snowdrop Candlewick Plant: Mullein Cape Gum: Acacia Capon's Tail: Valerian Carpenter's Weed: Yarrow Catmint: Catnip Cat's Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Cat's Wort: Catnip Cheeses: Marsh Mallow Cherry Pie: Heliotrope Chewing John: Glangal China Root: Galangal Chinese Parsley: Coriander Chocolate: Carob Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium Christ's Eye: Vervain Sage Christ's Ladder: Centaury Christ's Thorn: Holly Church Steeple: Agrimony Clear-eye: Clary Sage Click: Goosegrass Clot: Great Mullein Clove Root: Avens Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe Couch Grass: Witch's Grass Cowgrass: Knotweed Crowdy Kit: Figwort Crow Corn: Ague Root Crow's Foot: Cranesbill Crown for a King: Wormwood Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia Cuckoo's Bread: Common Planatin Cuddy's Lungs: Great Mullein Cucumber Tree: Magnolia Cupids Car: Wolf's Bane Daphne: Bay Laurel Death Angel: Agaric Death Flower: Yarrow Death's Herb: Belladonna Delight of the Eye: Rowan Devil' Apple - Datura Devil's Cherries: Belladonna Devils Dung: Asafoetida Devil's' Eye: Henbane, Periwinkle Devil's Flower: Bachelor's Buttons Devil's Plaything: Yarrow Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Dog's Mouth: Snap Dragon Dollar: Meadowsweet Dove's Foot: Wild Geranium Dragon's Blood: Calamus Dragon Wort: Bistort Dumbledore's Delight: Wolf's Bane Earth Smoke: Fumitory Elf Leaf: Lavender, Rosemary Elf's Wort: Elecampane Enchanter's Plant: Vervain English Cowslip: Primrose Englishman's Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass Eye Balm: Goldenseal Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell Eye of the Day: Common Daisy Eye of Newt: Mustard Seed Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright Fairies Horses: Ragwort Fair Lady: Belladonna Fairy Bells: Sorrell, Wood Fairy Cup: Cow Slip Fairy Fingers: Foxglove Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe Fairy Petticoats: Foxglove Fairy Weed: Foxglove False Wintergreen: Pipsissewa Fat from a Head: Spurge Felon Herb: Mugwort Field Hops: Yarrow Five Fingers: Cinquefoil Flute Plant: Meadow Rue Folk's Gloves: Foxglove Fox Bells: Foxglove Foxtail: Club Moss French Wheat: Buckwheat Frog's Foot: Bulbous Buttercup From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek From the Loins: Chamomile Frozen Roses: Wood Rose Fruit of the Gods: Apple Fruit of the Underworld: Apple Gagroot: Lobelia Gallowsgrass: Hemp Garden Heliotrope: Valerian Ghost Flower: Datura Gillies: Carnation Gin Plant: Juniper Giver of Life: Corn Goat's Foot: Ash Weed Goat's Leaf: Honeysuckle Goat's Weed: St John's Wort God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern Golden Bough: Mistletoe Golden Star: Avens Goldes: Marigold Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Graveeyard Flowers: Plumeria Ground Apple: Chamomile Ground Raspberry: Golden Seal Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern Hag's Taper: Great Mullein Hagthorn: Hawthorn Happy Major: Burdock Harebell: Bluebell Hare's Beard: Great Mullein Headache: Poppy Healing Herb: Comfrey Helmet Flower: Scullcap Herb of Enchantment: Vervain Herb of Grace: Rue, Vervain Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony Honey Stalks: Clove Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Horse Violet: Pansy Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle Hundred Leaved Grass Indian Dye: Golden Seal Indian God Tree: Banyon Indian Paint: Golden Seal Indian Root: Trillium Indian Sage - Bonesset   Indian Tobacco - Lobelia   Innocense: Bluets Jacob's Ladder - Lily of the Valley Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein Jaundice R Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein Juno's Tears - Vervain King's Crown: Black Haw Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow Klamath Weed - St Johns Wort Knight's Milfoil - Yarrow Knitback - Comfrey Kronos' Blood: sap of Cedar Ladder to Heaven - Lily of the Valley Lady's Glove: Foxglove Lady's Meat: Hawthorn Lad's Love: Southernwood Lamb's Ears: Betony Lamb Mint: Spearmint Lion's Herb: Columbine Lion's Mouth: Foxglove Lion's Tooth: Dandelion Little Dragon: Tarragon Love Fruit: Orange Love Herbs: Lovage Love Idol: Pansy Love in Idleness: Pansy Love Leaves: Burdock Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth/Anemone Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root Mackeral Mint: Spearmint Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood Man's Health: Ginseng Master of the Woods: Woodruff May: Black Haw May Lily: Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Mayflower: Hawthorne Maypops: Passion Flower Military Herb: Yarrow Miracle Herb: Comfrey Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mosquito Plant: Pennyroyal Mutton Chops: Goosegrass Naughty Man's Cherries: Belladonna Nine Hooks: Lady's Mantle Nine Joints: Knotweed Nose Bleed: Yarrow Obeah Wood: Ebony Old-Maid's-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Man's Flannel: Great Mullein Old Man Fennel: Mullein Old Man's Pepper: Yarrow Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort Old Woman: Wormwood Oliver: Olive Organ Tea: Pennyroyal Paddock Pipes: Horsetail Password: Primrose Pearl Moss: Irish Moss Peter's Staff: Great Mullein Priest's Crown: Dandelion leaves Poor Man's Treacle: Garlic Pucha-Pat: Patchouli Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Queen of the Meadow Root: Gravelroot Queen's Root: Stillengia Quick: Hawthorn Quickbane: Rowan Quick Grass: Witch Grass Rabbits: Toadflax Ram's Head: American Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth Ring-o-bells: Bluebells Robin-run-in-the-grass: Goosegrass Run by the ground: Pennyroyal Sacred Bark: Cascara Sagrada Sacred Herb: Yerba Santa Sacred Mother: Corn Sacred Mushroom: Agaric Sailor's Tobacco: Mugwort Scaldhead: Blackberry See Bright: Clary Sage Seed of Horus: Horehound Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes: Dill Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane Seven Year's Love: Yarrow Shameface: Wild Geranium Shepherd's Heart: Shepherd's Purse Silver Bells: Black Haw Silver Dollar: Honesty Snake's Grass: Yarrow Soapwort: Comfrey or Daisy Soldier's Tea: Horehound Sorcerer's Berry: Belladonna Sorcerer's Herb: Datura Sorcerer's Violet: Periwinkle Sparrow's Tongue: Knotweed St. John's Herb: Hemp Agrimony St. John's Plant: Mugwort Star Flower: Borage Star of the Earth: Avens Starweed: Chickweed Storm Hat: Wolf's Bane Summer's Bride: Marigold Sweethearts: Goosegrass Swine's Snout: Dandelion Leaves Tanner's Bark: Toadflax Tarragon: Mugwort Tartar Root: Ginseng Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Thousand Weed: Yarrow Thunder Plant: House Leek Tongue of Dog: Houndstongue Torches: Great Mullein Unicorn Root: Ague Root Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weazel Snout: Yellow Archangel White: Ox-eye Daisy White Man's Foot: Common Plantain White Wood: White Cinnamon Witch's Asprin: White Willow Bark Witch's Brier: Brier Hips Weasel Snout: Yellow Archangel Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed Wolf's Milk: Euphorbia

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Old Herb Names

Raven and Crone

Adders Tongue: Dogstooth, Violet, Plantain Ass Foot or Bulls Foot: Coltsfoot

Bats Wings: Holly Leaf Bats wool: Moss Bears Foot: Ladys Mantle Birds Eye: Germander Speedwell Black Sampson: Echinacea Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Blood from a Head: Lupine   Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: A Mulberry Trees Milk Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Blood from a Shoulder: Bears Breach Bloody fingers: Foxglove Bloodwort: Yarrow Bodily Fluids: Houseleek Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn Brains: Congealed gum from a cherry tree Bread and Cheese Tree: Hawthorne Bulls Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Burning Bush: White Dittany

Calfs Snout: Snapdragon Candelmas Maiden: Snowdrop. Capons Tail: Valerian Cats Foot: Canada Snake Root and or Ground Ivy Cheeses: Marsh Mallow Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium Christs Ladder: Centaury Christs Eye: Vervain, Sage Clear-eye: Clary Sage Click: Goosegrass Clot: Great Mullein Corpse candles: Mullein Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe. Crocodile dung: Black earth Crowdy Kit: Figwort Crows Foot: Cranesbill, Wild Geranium Cuckoos Bread: Common Plantain Cucumber Tree: Magnolia Cuddys Lungs: Great Mullein

Daphne: Laurel/Bay Dead Man: Ash or Mandrake root carved in a crude human shape or poppet Devils Dung: Asafoetida   Devils Plaything: Yarrow Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Dogs Mouth: Snap Dragon Doves Foot: Wild Geranium Dragons Blood: Calamus Dragons Scales: Bistort Leaves Dragon Wort: Bistort

Eagle: Wild Garlic Ear of an Ass: Comfrey Ear of a Goat: St. Johns Wort Earth Smoke: Fumitory Elfs Wort: Elecampane Enchanters Plant: Vervain Englishmans Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell Eye of the Day: Common Daisy Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright

Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe Fat from a Head: Spurge Felon Herb: Mugwort Fingers: Cinquefoil Five Fingers: Cinquefoil Foxs Clote: Burdock Frogs Foot: Bulbous Buttercup From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek From the Loins: Chamomile

Goats Foot: Ash Weed Gods Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern Golden Star: Avens Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy

Hags Taper: Great Mullein Hagthorn: Hawthorn Hair: Maidenhair fern Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern Hand: The expanded frond from a male fern used to make the true hand of glory, which is nothing more than a candle made of wax mixed with fern Hares Beard: Great Mullein Hawks Heart: Heart of Wormwood Heart: Walnut Herb of Grace: Vervain Hinds Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle

Innocense: Bluets

Jacobs Staff: Great Mullein Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram Jupiters Staff: Great Mullein

Kings Crown: Black Haw Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow Kronos' Blood: of Cedar

Lads Love: Southernwood Ladys Glove: Foxglove aka Witches' Gloves Lambs Ears: Betony Lions Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] Lions Tooth: Dandelion aka Priest's Crown Little Dragon: Tarragon Love in Idleness: Pansy Love Leaves: Burdock Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth or Anemone Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root

Maidens Ruin: Southernwood Mans Bile: Turnip Sap Mans Health: Ginseng Master of the Woods: Woodruff May: Black Haw May Lily: Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Maypops: Passion Flower Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mutton Chops: Goosegrass

Nose Bleed: Yarrow

Old-Maids-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Mans Flannel: Great Mullein Old Mans Pepper: Yarrow Oliver: Olive

Password: Primrose Peters Staff: Great Mullein Pigs Tail: Leopard's Bane Poor Man's Treacle: Garlic Priests Crown: Dandelion leaves Pucha-Pat: Patchouli

Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Queen of the Meadow Root: Gravelroot Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus

Rams Head: American Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth Ring-o-Bells: Bluebells Robin-Run-in-the-Grass: Goosegrass

Scaldhead: Blackberry See Bright: Clary Sage Seed of Horus: Horehound Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Hephaistos: This is Fleabane Semen of Hermes: Dill Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Seven Year's Love: Yarrow Shameface: Wild Geranium   Shepherds Heart: Shepherds Purse Silver Bells: Black Haw Skin of a Man: Fern Skull: Skullcap Snake: Bistort Snakes Blood: Hematite stone Soapwort: Comfrey or Daisy Sorcerer's Violet: Periwinkle   Sparrows Tongue: Knotweed St. Johns Herb: Hemp Agrimony.(this is not St. John's Wort) St. Johns Plant: Mugwort Star of the Earth: Avens Star Flower: Borage Starweed: Chickweed Sweethearts: Goosegrass Swines Snout: Dandelion leaves

Tanners Bark: Common Oak Tarragon: Mugwort Tartar Root: Ginseng Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Thousand Weed: Yarrow Thunder Plant: House Leek Titans Blood: Wild Lettuce Toad: Toadflax Tongue of dog: hounds tongue Tooth or Teeth: Pinecones Torches: Great Mullein

Unicorns Horn: False Unicorn:Helonias Dioica Unicorn Horn: True Unicorn Root Unicorn Root: Ague Root

Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weasel Snout: Yellow Archangel Weazel Snout: Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel Weed: Ox-Eye Daisy White: Ox-eye Daisy White Mans Foot: Common Plantain White Wood: White Cinnamon Witch's Asprin: White Willow/Willow Bark Witch's Brier: Brier Hips Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed   Wolfs Milk: Euphorbia Worms: Gnarled, thin roots of a local tree