Witches Grass cut (Agropyron repens)

Pull up couch grass and leave a single scrap of its root in the soil, and it grows back. Farmers have cursed it for centuries.

Origin & Traditional Use

Agropyron repens, now often called Elymus repens, is a perennial grass of Europe and Asia that spreads by long white underground runners. It is best known as a stubborn weed, though its rhizomes were traditionally used in herbal teas, and dogs and cats chew the leaves, giving it the name dog grass.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Love and lust: carry it or sprinkle it under the bed to attract new lovers.
• Exorcism: scatter it around the home or add it to banishing washes to drive out unwanted spirits.
• Persistence: its refusal to die makes it a natural ingredient for workings that need to keep going.

A Simple Working

• Mix a tablespoon of witches grass with a few rose petals.
• Add a pinch of cinnamon for heat.
• Light a red chime candle.
• Hold the mixture and speak plainly about the lover you want to draw.
• Sprinkle it under your mattress.
• Leave it there until the next full moon, then replace it.

Pairs Well With

• Rose petals, for love.
• Cinnamon, to add heat and speed.
• Damiana, for passion.
• A red chime candle, for lust and attraction.

Lore & History

The name couch has nothing to do with sofas. It comes from the Old English cwice, meaning alive or lively, after the plant’s refusal to die; quitch, twitch and quick grass come from the same word. Witches grass is a name given to more than one grass: in North America it also belongs to Panicum capillare, so the Latin name is the surest guide to which plant is meant.

What You Receive

Witches Grass (Couch Grass), cut, available in 1 oz, 2 oz and 1 lb.