Protective Magic
Charms, amulets, and rituals for protection against evil spirits and misfortune.
Celtic people used numerous protective practices - iron against fairies, rowan against witchcraft, salt at thresholds, turning sunwise for blessing. These folk practices preserved ancient druidic knowledge of protection against malevolent forces.
Rowan and red thread keep evil spirits from the bed.
Protective folk practices preserved ancient Celtic magical knowledge.
Folk Tradition
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- What Celtic tradition says about envy and comparison
The remedies were physical and cheap: rowan and red thread, iron, salt at the threshold, turning sunwise. Whatever you make of the mechanism, the practice gave the envied person something to do other than hide their luck.