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plantago species
plantago lanceolata
plantago major
plantago media
PART USED
Leaves and Root
Feminine
= Earth /Fire /Mars /Venus
FOLK NAMES
Cuckoo's Bread
Englishman's Foot
Leaf
Patrick's Dock
Ripple Grass
St. Patrick's Leaf
Slan-lus
Snakebite
Snakeweed
The Leaf of Patrick
Waybread
Waybroad
Weybroed (Anglo-Saxon)
White Man's Foot
POWERS
Healing
Protection
Snake-Repelling
Strength
MAGICAL USES
Use the dried leaves and roots in a healing bath.
Place a few pinch's in the flame
of the candle or throw to the East wind
in all healing wishes.
Bind the plantain with red wool
tp the head to cure headaches, and place
beneath the feet to remove weariness.
Plantain is hung in the car to guard against
the intrusion of evil spirits.
A piece of the root in the pocket
protects the bearer from snakebites.
Special Thanks
Witchcraft and Magic
t_town_ks
'Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
it became a butterfly'...
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