- Foxglove
- Name is
derived from "Little Folks' Glove".
Florets are worn by
Faeries as hats and gloves.
- Primroses
- Make the
invisible visible. Eating them lets you see Faeries.
If one
touches a Faerie rock with the correct number of
primroses in a
posy, the way to faerieland and Faerie gifts
is made clear. The
wrong number means certain doom.
- Ragwort
- Used as
makeshift horses by the Faerie.
- Wild Thyme
- Part of a
recipe for a brew to make one see the Faeries.
The tops of the Wild
Thyme must be gathered
near the side of a Faerie hill.
- Cowslips
- These are
loved and protected by the Faeries.
They help one to find hidden
Faerie gold.
- Pansies
- the flower
that was used as a love potion by Oberon,
a Faerie king thought to
have been invented by Shakespeare.
- Bluebell
- One who hears
a bluebell ring will soon die.
A field of bluebells is especially
dangerous,
as it is intricately interwoven with Faerie enchantments.
- Clover
- A four-leafed
one may be used to break a Faerie spell.
- St. John's
Wort
- Has a calming
effect, used when stress is overwhelming.
Helps break spells as
well.
- Hazel
- Celtic legend
says it is the receptacle of knowledge;
the hazelnut is a symbol of
fertility in England.
- White Oak Bark
- Cleanses and
tones entire alimentary canal
(tract that food passes through from
ingestion to elimination),
excellent astringent. Good for
external and internal hemorrhage -
bleeding in stomach, lungs,
rectum.
- Rowan
- Protects
against bad spirits. Used in butter churns so
that the butter would
not be overlooked by Faeries.
Bewitched horses may be controlled by
a rowan whip.
Druids used rowan wood for fires with which they
called up spirits whom could be forced to answer questions
when
rowanberries were spread over the flayed hides of bulls.
- Buckthorn
- Made from
bark, aids liver congestion, helps to carry
blood and liver toxins
out of the body.
Good for gall stones, lead poisoning.
- Oak
- Oakmen are
created when a felled oak stump sends up shoots.
One should never
take food offered by them since it is poisonous.
- Willow
- At night they
uproot themselves and stalk travelers, muttering at them.
- Elder
- Sometimes is a
witch disguised as a tree. Never lay a
baby in an elder wood cradle
or the Faeries will pinch
them so they bruise. Burning elder wood is
dangerous since it invites the Devil.
- Birch
- If the spirit
of the birch tree (The One With the White Hand)
touches a head it
leaves a white mark and the person turns insane.
If it touches a
heart, the person will die.
- Alder
- Protected by
water spirits.
Apple
- To ensure good
harvests, leave the last apple
of your crop for the Apple-Tree-Man.
- Ash
- Druids wands
were made of ash twigs. It also has healing properties.
Weak-limbed
children were passed through split ash trees which
were then bound
up. If the tree grew straight, the child would
as well. Also may be
used as a substitute for Rowan.
- Toadstools
- Some have
poisonous hallucinogenic properties. The Vikings
ate it and gain
their reputations as berkerkers. In Celtic lore,
they are among the
food of the gods, as with many red plants.
Some toadstools
associated with the Faerie are Fly Agaric,
Yellow Fairy Club,
Slender Elf Cap, Dune Pixie-Hood, and Dryad's Saddle.
- Fairy Ring
Mushroom
- Marks the
boundaries of Faerie rings.
