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<pHAWTHORN(Crataegus;oxacantha)
Folk Names: Bread and Cheese Tree, Gaxels, HagthornHalves,;Haw,;Hazels,;Huath,Ladies' Meat, May, Mayblossom, May Bush, Mayflower, Quick, Thorn, Tree of Chastity
Gender: Masculin
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
The Herb Deities: Cardea,Flora, Hymen
Powers: Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magic, Happiness
Ritual Uses: Hawthorn was once used to decorate May poles. At one time;Hawthorns were;believed to be Witches who had transformed themselvesinto trees. Witcheshave long danced and performed their rites beneath the thorn.
Magical Uses: Hawthorn has long been used to increase fertility. Because of this power it is incorporated into weddings, especially those per-formed in the spring. The leaves, curiously enough, are also used to enforce or maintain chastity or celibacy. The leaves are placed beneath the mattress or around the bedroom for this purpose.
Carried as a sachet on a fishing trip, the hawthorn ensures a good catch and worn or carried promotes happiness in troubled and depressed or sad.
Hawthorn protects against lightning, and in the house in which it resides, no evil ghosts may enter. It is also powerful for protecting against damage to the house from storms. The Romans placed haw-thorn in cradles to guard the child from evil spells. In the past most Witch's gardens contained least onehawthornhedge. The hawthorn;is sacred to the fairies, and is partof thetree;fairytriad of Britain: "Oak, Ash and Thorn," and where all three trees grow together it is said that one may see fairies.
<pHAWTHORN(Crataegus;oxacantha)
Folk Names: Bread and Cheese Tree, Gaxels, HagthornHalves,;Haw,;Hazels,;Huath,Ladies' Meat, May, Mayblossom, May Bush, Mayflower, Quick, Thorn, Tree of Chastity
Gender: Masculin
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
The Herb Deities: Cardea,Flora, Hymen
Powers: Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magic, Happiness
Ritual Uses: Hawthorn was once used to decorate May poles. At one time;Hawthorns were;believed to be Witches who had transformed themselvesinto trees. Witcheshave long danced and performed their rites beneath the thorn.
Magical Uses: Hawthorn has long been used to increase fertility. Because of this power it is incorporated into weddings, especially those per-formed in the spring. The leaves, curiously enough, are also used to enforce or maintain chastity or celibacy. The leaves are placed beneath the mattress or around the bedroom for this purpose.
Carried as a sachet on a fishing trip, the hawthorn ensures a good catch and worn or carried promotes happiness in troubled and depressed or sad.
Hawthorn protects against lightning, and in the house in which it resides, no evil ghosts may enter. It is also powerful for protecting against damage to the house from storms. The Romans placed haw-thorn in cradles to guard the child from evil spells. In the past most Witch's gardens contained least onehawthornhedge. The hawthorn;is sacred to the fairies, and is partof thetree;fairytriad of Britain: "Oak, Ash and Thorn," and where all three trees grow together it is said that one may see fairies.