====== Ragwort ======
---- dataentry herbs---- latin_names: Senecio vulgaris, S. jacobaea, S. spp folk_names: Cankerwort, Dog Standard, Fairies' Horses, Ragweed, St. James' Wort, Staggerwort, Stammerwort, Stinking Nanny, Stinking Willie gender_tags: Feminine planet_tags: Venus element_tags: Water deity_tags: effect_tags: Protection ----
===== Magical Uses ===== The Greeks used the ragwort as an amulet against charms and spells, and Witches were said to ride upon ragwort stalks at midnight in the bad old days of the persecutions.