A Witch's Garden: Woodbine

Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.

Woodbine

Woodbine was considered a favourite plant of Scotch witches. In effecting magical cures, they "passed their patients nine times through a girth of garland of green woodbine" (Thiselton-Dyer 64).

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The preceding botanic illustration is from The Virtual Garden Search Engine, part of the Time Life Electronic Encyclopedia.