====== Gourd ======
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latin_names: Curcurbita spp.
folk_names: 
gender_tags: Feminine
planet_tags: Moon
element_tags: Water
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Protection
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===== Magical Uses =====
Gourds hung at the front door are a protection against fascination. Pieces of gourds carried in the pocket or purse ward off evil.

Gourds are used to make rattles (place dried beans inside) which scare evil spirits; and a dried gourd, its top cut off, is filled with water and used as a scrying bowl.
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