Crone Protection Spells
From 'The Crone's Book of Words' by Valerie Worth
Against enemies or evil
Hang an ash-bough over your door,
Fill your pockets with iron nails,
Carry always the mullein-leaf,
But say these words against the worst:
I stand
In circles
Of light
That nothing
May cross
An inscription to be written on a window pane
Darkness lies
Where it is born,
But sun flies
To light this room
For breaking a curse
Gather certain fallen twigs: one of hazel, one of oak,
One of elm, and one of willow; hold them to the fire's smoke;
Say this softly, seven times all:
Turner be turned,
Burner be burned;
Let only good
Come out of this wood.
Spit on each and break it small, cast them in the fire's mouth-
The curse will die with the fire's death
Of poisons to beware
Take care that none of these,
Proud and precious though they be,
For magic and for ornament,
Shall touch your mouth:
The Christmas Rose and Mistletoe,
The leaves or twigs of cherry,
The Rhubarb leaf, the sprig of Yew,
The Oak and Elderberry,
Potato vine, Potato sprout,
