Her name was Anne Cleary. She was born with the spell of the Evil eye (it is said).
When she was born it is said that her parents deserted her through fear. But she survived the desertion and got on alone nobody knew how. She grew to womanhood and people took a round about way rather than pass by her house. It is related that her home was the abode of evil spirit devils. She visited houses in the dead of night and it was told that she caused to die six young babies that one night by just looking on them when they slept.
There was a man by the name of Martin Flynn towards whom she held a grudge. He was building a home for himself and each night, she went and just cast her eye on the work done and it was down the next morning.
She died a long and terrible death. Shrieking and waking in fits and it was said she was surrounded by druids.
(Duchas.ie; story from 75 year old Peter McGoldrick, Co. Sligo)
can the sheet knot be used in any binding spell or is it just for magic?
In my family, it is used only for temporary bindings of magic. There are other binding knots for other situations. However, you can certainly attempt to use it otherwise.
Barrett’s Privateers by Stan Rogers except you’re the captain of a ship that’s rocking through the waves one night, and a group of off-duty sailors below your cabin are harmonizing together.
You make such interesting content! I am definitely gonna be trying that last knot out as a money spell. I wonder if you keep a small one in your wallet if it will attract more. I know I use playing cards that way, though I need to recharge them
That will work fine. I’ve seen it tied around purse straps, as cell phone charms, and the like. And thank you for the compliment!
Once again we return to Knots class, picking up with our first bend, or a knot used to secure two ropes or lines together. First, however, a refresher of the knots already covered.
Let’s take a look.
The Square (Reef) Knot
The Bowline
The Bottle/Jar Sling
Tonight we have the Sheet Bend, also called Becket’s Bend or the Weaver’s Knot.
So far, we have been focused on ancient knots, and this one is no different. The sheet bend has been found used in Neolithic fishing nets, a practice that still holds in some traditional methods of netmaking. It was also used by weavers, if there were breaks in the vertical strands, called the warp, hence why it is sometimes called the weaver’s knot. It is more commonly known as the sheet bend among sea witches, because the “sheets” it refers to are sails. It was used for a lot of sails because it is extremely effective in binding two ropes under a lot of tension that are of different diameters or thicknesses. Now that we’ve gone over historic applications, let’s discuss magical ones.
1. The Weaver’s Knot for holding things together. Like the historic use, where this knot was used to stabilize the warp of a loom, so that the weaving can continue, a witch can use the weaver’s knot when struggling and frazzled, to help keep things together until they can get past the danger point and get out of the danger zone. In this case I advise finding two pieces of old, worn but strong rope or cord, and doing the knot. In my family it is traditional to incant while doing so: Warp to warp I bind you still/Three times three with all my skill. Is incanting it necessary? No. Do I know what the the ‘three-times-three,’ it means? Nope. It’s older than my grandparents, and they’re not sure. I have theories regarding three and nine being exceptionally powerful magical numbers, and the heavy Norse-Gael influences in my family, but no hard facts. Do I say it anyway? Absolutely. Do as you like. I know some people find rhymes easier.
2: Recalling the historical use as netting, this can sometimes be used as a money charm, usually with ropes of two different colors or materials. Once tied together, it is hung inside an office, business, or home to help “catch” money. small and large. If you are feeling more ambitious, it can also be used to create an ornamental net, that one can hang, usually with a bowl and a few pennies in to draw more of the same, like baiting the net.
3. The most common use in my family, and the most annoying among my cousins and I, the sheet’s bend as a temporary binding knot, specifically used to bind a younger person’s magic, as a form of punishment. leading to being grounded being called “being tied to the sheets’’ in our home. It is a binding of magic either as punishment because you did something stupid, irresponsible, and/or dangerous, or because of an excess that one needs to learn to handle slowly in puberty. It is easily undone when not under tension, which makes it good for this. The larger rope represents the parent or guardian, while the thinner represents the child. These ropes might be blooded to ensure proper snaring, or not.
So, there you have it, one more ancient knot and three ways it can be used in modern witchcraft. However, as always, do not assume these are the only uses. There are always more and always adaptions one can make. I offer these up only as basics and guidelines.
Hello! In my practices with weather witchcraft I notice that is much more easy to conjure storms and rain than raise/lower the wind. It's a curious thing in your practice too? If so, maybe you know why that?
This will vary depending on the witch. I have more issues raising wind than, for example, my father, because I can’t whistle. However, it is a very personal thing.
In Irish, “December” is “Mí na Nollag” which is literally “The Month of Christmas” so I feel completely culturally justified in treating today like the beginning of one long holiday, honestly.
In scottish gaelic its ‘an Dubhlachd’ which effectively means the blackness and i feel like this is one of the fundamental differences between irish and scottish gaelic.
There’s this feeling I sometimes get watching humans do the cool things that humans have been doing for thousands of years. It makes my chest expand and my heart thud and I love it. I love this.
If Ariel was under Ursula’s care and grew up to be her sea witch apprentice. Canonically, Ursula was Ariel’s aunt (but the concept was abandoned then brought back in a book as I’ve heard…)
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Idk if this is something that you are ok with speaking on, I know there are many who wouldn’t, but do you know of a way to trap a spirit?
There are many ways to do such things, and the way of it and the morality of such a thing will depend on your tradition. There is no one way, especially because there are many kinds of spirits.
