One Eye of Newt, A dash of Sleepwort, pass the Bloody Fingers? I must finish this brew! Ever hear anything like this, and wonder just where and what people were talking about? Well would you be surprised to know that the things stirred into witches brews of old are still used to this very day? The "code" words for many herbs were used for different reasons. As we all well know Witches were hunted not so very long ago. Unfortunately because of this hysteria many innocent people were hung or burned as witches, Just for what they had growing in their own gardens. For example growing or using Foxglove could get you branded a witch, so many people because of this, began calling the herbs what they most resembled to the naked eye. Below you will find a few Old Herbal names, Craft name comes first, followed by the common name for that herb/flower/root.


Blood - Sap of Elder Tree 
Bloody Fingers- Foxglove Candlemas Maiden -
Snowdrop Candlewick Plant - Mullein 
Crown for a King - Wormwood 
Dew of the Sea - Rosemary 
Dragonwort - Bistort 
Earth Smoke - Fumitory Elfwort - Eclampane 
Enchanter's Plant - Vervain 
Eye of the Star - Horehound 
Eyes - Aster Daisy 
Five Finger Grass - Cinquefoil 
Joy of the Mountain - Marjoram 
Lad's Love - Southernwood 
Little Dragon - Tarragon 
Love in Idleness - Pansy 
Love Parsley - Lovage Loveroot - Orris *
Maiden's Ruin - Southernwood 
Master of the Woods - Woodruff 
Masterwort - Angelica May Lily - Lily of the valley 
Mistress of the Night - Tuberose 
Password - Primrose 
Queen of Meadow - Meadowsweet 
Ram's Head - American Valerian 
Seven Year's Love - Yarrow 
Sleepwort - Lettuce 
Sorcerer's Violet - Periwinkle 
Star of the Earth - Avens 
Starflower - Borage 
Starweed - Chickweed 
Starwort - Aster 
Thousand Seal - Yarrow 
Thunder Plant - Houseleek 
Unicorn Horn - True Unicorn Root 
Wax Dolls - Fumitory 
Witch Herb - MugwortWitches Asprin - White Willow Bark 
Witches Bells - Foxglove 
Witches Briar - Briar Hip 
Witchgrass - Dog Grass 
Witchwood - Rowan