A Witch’s Trousseau
Thought I’d share my regular little trinkets and tools I use in my practice. I house them in a craft painted box I did with my ancestors’ combined plants and symbols, and the cover has my great grandma Florida’s house on it.
We got:
A loom-woven cloth from my grandma Colombe
My Acadian memento locket (it has sand and beach glass from Grand-Pré and shell bits from Beaubassin)
My protection charm locket I just made
A red flannel pendant for when I get colds (Acadian folk remedies used red flannel to chase away bad coughs)
A seashell
A bluejay figurine (they just make me really happy when I see them)
A compass I had repainted myself
A pocketknife with a folk carved whistle and Saint Hubert medal attached to it.
A stirring spoon for those little tea breaks and intention setting
Local gems that are usually found in Canada (sold as Canadian gems in most souvenir shops)
A bottle of snipped holy palm fronds
Balsam Fir essential oil, as it’s a holy scent (used to make the Holy Chrism Oils) in Catholic tradition.
A bottle of holy water with a Saint Benedict medal on it
A wooden urn filled with graveyard dirt from the cemetery where most of my folks are buried in Saguenay
My rosary and its Assomption sash style pouch
A compact mirror for scrying
A wooden incense disc
A pocket rosary for those rosary tossing folk spells
Violin rosin