The Scotch peasantry pluck twigs of the ash, the Highland women the groundsel, and the German folk wear the radish.

In early times the ringwort was recommended by Apuleius, and later on the fern was regarded as a preservative against this baneful influence.

The Chinese put faith in the garlic; and, in short, every country has its own special plants.
It would seem, too, that after a witch was dead and buried, precautionary measures were taken to frustrate her baneful influence.
Thus, in Russia, aspen is laid on a witch's grave, the dead sorceress being then prevented from riding abroad.
Footnotes: 1.

See Moncure Conway's "Demonology and Devil Lore," 1880, ii.

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