====== Ragwort ======
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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
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===== 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.