Kitchen ingredient
Iron Nails
Kitchen ingredient1 tradition
Iron drives away fairies, ghosts, and evil across European folklore: horseshoes over doors, iron knives under cradles. Nails are the key ingredient of the witch bottle, a protective jar buried at a house since the 1600s.
Uses
- Protection
- Witch bottles
- Binding
- Strength
Working with it
Fill a jar with bent nails, pins, and a little vinegar, seal it, and bury it near the front door as a protective witch bottle.
⚠ Safety note for Iron Nails- Planet
- ♂︎ Mars
- Role
- Curio: a charm or tool
- Element
- Fire
- Works for
- ProtectionBoundariesBindingStrengthBanishing
- Forms
- whole
- How to use
- Altar or offeringSachet or charm bagCarry in a pocket or pouch
Projective
Where the traditions place it
- Mars — Common practice