Lady Victoria Eclectic Pagan's blog: "Herbal Information"

Tongue of Dog? Blood of Goose? Do you really think witches cut of tongues off dogs? Or take blood from geese? Ummm...NO! They were just pseudonym names for the herbs to keep them secret. Here are some old time names for herbs: A A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn Adder's Tongue: Dogstooth Violet; Plantain A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood An Eagle: Wild Garlic Ass's Foot or Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot B Bat's Wing: Holly Leaf Bat's Wool: Moss Bear's Foot: Lady's Mantle Bird's Eye: Germander Speedwell Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood from a Head: Lupine Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breeches Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: Mulberry tree's sap Blood of a Hamadryas Baboon: Blood of a spotted gecko Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of a Snake: Hematite Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Bloody Fingers: Foxglove Blue Jay: Bay laurel Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn Brains: Cherry tree gum [this phrase usually designates any fruit tree gum] Bread and Cheese Tree: Hawthorne Bull's Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot Bull's Semen: Eggs of the blister beetle Burning Bush: White Dittany C Calf's Snout: Snapdragon Candlemas Maiden: Snowdrop Candlewick Plant: Mullein Capon's Tail: Valerian Cat: Catnip Cat's Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Clot: Great Mullein Corpse Candles: Mullein Cuddy's Lungs: Great Mullein Crocodile Dung: Ethiopian Earth Crow Foot: Cranesbill, wild geranium, buttercup Crown for a King: Wormwood D Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Devil's Dung: Asafoetida Dog: Couchgrass Dog's Mouth: Snapdragon Dog's Tongue: Hounds Tongue Dove's Foot: Wild Geranium Dragon's Blood: Resin of Draco palm Dragon's Scales: Bistort leaves Dragon Wort: Bistort E Eagle: Wild Garlic of Fenugreek Ear of an Ass: Comfrey Ears of a Goat: St. John's Wort Earth Smoke: Fumitory Elf's Wort / Elfwort: Elecampane Enchanter's Plant: Vervain Englishman's Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass Eye of Christ: Germander, speedwell Eye of the Day: Common daisy Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Inner part of a blossom; Aster, Daisy, Eyebright F Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe Fat from a Head: Spurge Felon Herb: Mugwort Fingers: Cinquefoil Foot: Leaf Frog: Cinquefoil Frog's Foot: Bulbous buttercup From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek From the Loins: Chamomile G Goat's Foot: Ash Weed God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye daisy Guts: The roots and stalk of a plant H Hair: Dried stringy herbs; The unexpanded frond from a ripe male fern Hair of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair fern Hare's Beard: Great mullein Hawk: Hawkweed Hawk's Heart: Wormwood seed or wormwood crown Head: Flower of a plant Heart: Walnut; bud, seed, or nut Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern J Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein Joy of the Mountain - Marjoram Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein K King's Crown: Black Haw Kronos' Blood: Cedar L Lad's Love - Southernwood Lamb: Lettuce Lamb's Ears: Betony Leg: Leaf Lion's Hair: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] Lion's Tooth: Dandelion aka Priest's Crown Lion Semen: Human Semen Little Dragon: Tarragon Lizard: Calamint Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root Love in Idleness: Pansy M Man's Bile: Turnip sap Man's Health: Ginseng Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood Master of the Woods: Woodruff Masterwort: Angelica May: Black Haw May Lily: Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Maypops: Passion Flower Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mutton Chops: Goosegrass N Nightingale: Hops Nose Bleed: Yarrow O Old-Maid's-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Man's Flannel: Great Mullein Old Man's Pepper: Yarrow Oliver: Olive P Password: Primrose Paw: Leaf Physician's Bone: Sandstone Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane Privates: Seed Q Queen of Meadow: Meadowsweet R Ram's Head: American Valerian Rat: Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth S Seed of Horus: Horehound Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes: Dill Seven Year' Love: Yarrow Shepherd's Heart: Shepherd's Purse Skin of Man: Fern Skull: Skullcap Mushroom Sleepwort: Lettuce Snake: Bistort Snake's Ball of Thread: Soapstone Snake's Head: Leech Sorcerer's Violet: Periwinkle Sparrow's Tongue: Knotweed Star of the Earth: Avens Starflower: Borage Starweed: Chickweed Starwort: Aster Swine's Snout: Dandelion leaves T Tail: Stem Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Teeth: Pine Cones Thousand Seal: Yarrow Thunder Plant: Houseleek Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce Toad: Toadflax; Sage Toe: Leaf Tongue: Petal Torches: Great Mullein Tongue of dog: houndstongue Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice U Unicorn Horn: True Unicorn Root Unicorn's Horn: False Unicorn Root Helonias Dioica Unicorn Root: Ague Root Urine: Dandelion W Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weasel: Rue Weasel Snout: Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel Weed: Ox-Eye Daisy White Man's Foot: Common Plantain White Wood: White Cinnamon Wing: Leaf Witch's Asprin: White Willow/Willow Bark Witches Bells: Foxglove Witch's Brier: Brier Hips Witchgass: Dog Grass Witch Herb: Mugwort Witchwood: Rowan Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed Wolf's Milk: Euphorbia Woodpecker: Peony Worms: Thin Roots Body Parts The Eye: Inner part of a blossom The Paw Foot Leg Wing or Toe: The leaf The Guts: The roots and stalk The Privates: Seed The Hair: Dried stringy herbs The Tail: Stem The Head: Flower The Tongue: Petal The Heart: A Bud or Seed