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The Dirt on the Besom

Morningbird Kitchen Witch Corner

A besom is a witch’s broom and the practical kitchen witch may choose her broom for looks or function or both. Many of us have two or more brooms. One […]

Almond

Morningbird Food, Kitchen Witch Corner

Prunus amygdalus or Prunus dulcis Wild almonds contain toxic levels of cyanide, which are accompanied by a bitter taste. Yet early almond growers isolated non-toxic strains and began cultivating them […]

Wedding Chants

Morningbird Library, Poems and Prose, Ritual

The following chants can be chanted or sung around the circle before or after the wedding or handfasting rite begins or during a procession. In our time of joy and […]