====== Pomegranate ======
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latin_names: Punica granatum
folk_names:  Carthage Apple, Grenadier, Malicorio, Malum Punicum, Pound Garnet
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Mercury
element_tags: Fire
deity_tags: Persephone, Ceres
effect_tags: Divination, Luck, Wishes, Wealth, Fertility
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===== Magical Uses =====
The seeds have long been eaten to increase fertility, and the skin carried for the same reason.

The pomegranate is a lucky, magical fruit. Always make a wish before eating one and your wish may come true.

A branch of pomegranate discovers concealed wealth, or will attract money to its possessor. The skin, dried, is added to wealth and money incenses.

Women who wish to know how many children they will have should throw a pomegranate hard on the ground. The number of seeds which fall out indicate the number of their offspring.

Branches of pomegranate hung over doorways guard against evil, and the juice is used as a blood substitute or a magical ink.
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