Salt, Poppy Seed, and Garlic
Jun. 7th, 2004 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mishalakBaba circles the inside of her mortar with its pestle powdering the salt and herbs together. Turning the two handfuls of the mixture into a bowl she mixes it up with oil and then scoops the mixture into a jar.
She turns to you and says, "Now follow my instructions exactly. Put a line of this inside each of your windows and above each of your doors. But before you finish with the last one take out a new loaf of bread, wrap it in white cloth, and go outside the remainder. Call out 'Grandfather come and protect this new place.' Then you wait a bit and go back inside with the bread and seal your last doorway. That shall help to keep you safe in the night from the wampyr.
"Believe in the magic and your ancestor and nothing shall be able to either influence you or invade your home."
She turns to you and says, "Now follow my instructions exactly. Put a line of this inside each of your windows and above each of your doors. But before you finish with the last one take out a new loaf of bread, wrap it in white cloth, and go outside the remainder. Call out 'Grandfather come and protect this new place.' Then you wait a bit and go back inside with the bread and seal your last doorway. That shall help to keep you safe in the night from the wampyr.
"Believe in the magic and your ancestor and nothing shall be able to either influence you or invade your home."