My Job's Tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi) is looking like it wants to live after all. Yay! While my mother thinks the pale grayish, shiny "seeds" that you harvest look like ticks 🥴, they're used practically worldwide as beads for jewelry. And in these parts, we like to make rosaries out of them. Some folks call them rosary plants and spiritually, they seem to me to evoke compassion, humility, perseverance, and family and community ties. Along the Gulf Coast, I've seen Job's Tears used for luck, especially money luck and gambling luck, and they're an integral part of a well-known rite for wish-granting. They also happen to be an edible, gluten-free grain. Why everybody who can grow them doesn't is honestly beyond me. #bayouhoodoo #bayouhoodooherbal #jobstears #coixlacrymajobi #moneyluck #botanicalbeads #swampconjure #folkcatholicism #rootwork #rootworkersofinstagram #seraphinstation #bigluckyhoodoo #karmazain https://www.instagram.com/p/CWaHsXoLB6l/?utm_medium=tumblr
