Dog Grass Root cut (Agropyron repens)

Leave a single inch of its root in the soil and couch grass comes back, which is exactly why the old names call it quick grass and witch grass.

Origin & Traditional Use

Couch grass is a common grass of fields and gardens across Europe and North America, spreading by long white underground runners. Farmers fought it as a pest, yet its root was dug and traditionally used in country herbalism, and dogs seek out its blades to chew, which gave it the name dog grass.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Love drawing: carried in a pouch or strewn beneath the bed to bring in new lovers.
• Exorcism: sprinkled around the home, or added to a floor wash, to drive out unwanted spirits and influences.

A Simple Working

• Set out a small handful of dog grass root, a few rose petals and a pinch of cinnamon.
• Mix them in a bowl while thinking of the kind of lover you want to draw.
• Pour the mixture onto a square of red cloth.
• Gather the corners and tie the bundle with red thread.
• Tuck it under the mattress on a Friday.
• Leave it in place until a new lover arrives, then bury it.

Pairs Well With

• Rose petals for love drawing.
• Cinnamon for warmth and speed.
• Damiana for lust and passion.
• Rue for exorcism and clearing.

Lore & History

The word couch comes from the Old English cwice, meaning alive, the same root that gives quick its old sense in the quick and the dead. The grass earned it by refusing to die.

What You Receive

Cut dog grass root, available in 1 oz, 2 oz and 1 lb.