Toads are traditionally friends to witches and this is my new garden ally. I found him under a bucket when I was weeding and I was very pleased to see him because he will help solve my slug and snail problem.
Over the past few years I've been having a ongoing battle with slugs. Not only have they eaten my garden almost bare during wet weather, but I've even found them in my kitchen from time to time. I don't like to use chemical pesticides and although beer traps make a bit of a difference they certainly don't solve the entire problem. Hopefully my toady friend will come to the rescue and get fat eating slugs and snails to his heart's content.
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http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/08/invasion-of-giant-slugs.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/05/pagan-eye-fox-cubs-and-vixen.html
2 comments:
There is some fascinating magical lore about toads.
You might like to look into Toadmanry and Toadmen, which are closely linked to horse whispering.
http://www.caduceusbooks.com/webpage3/toad.htm
Toads are also a key feature of some Umbanda rituals and magic in Brazil.
The poor creatures themselves don't often come out of the spells very well though!
Interesting looking website. I was aware of some of the things it mentions, but looks worth reading!
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