You will receive one herb bundle, 6-8 inches long
Native Texas plant, Home Grown from my Mothers very own Witches garden in Texas
- Used to promote wisdom and bring in good luck
- Associated with protection and the granting of wishes.
- Repels any unwanted energy or people from your life
- Folklore of Texas sage
According to a 1927 retelling by Texan folklorist Jovita Gonzáles, “All the waterholes had dried up, and death and starvation ruled the prairie.” Seeing that the situation was beyond his resources to solve, a vaquero (cowboy) addressed God.
“¿Por qué no llueve, Dios mío?’ (‘Why do you not make it rain, my Lord?’) the vaquero said, looking up at the sky. And, with a sigh of resignation, he added, ‘Así es la suerte.’ (‘That’s the luck.’)
“There was just one possible way of salvation, that was prayer, prayer to the Virgin,” continued Gonzáles. “The cowmen gathered together and reverently knelt on the plain to beg for help. As the last prayer of the rosary was said, a soft breeze, a laguneño, blew from the east. Soon drops began to fall; all night the rain fell like a benediction.
“Filled with new hope, the people rose early the next day to see the blessing that had fallen over the land. And indeed it was a beautiful blessing. For as far as the eye could see, the plain was covered with silvery shrubs, sparkling with raindrops and covered with flowers, pink, lavender and white.
“It was a gift of the Virgin, and because the day was Ash Wednesday the shrub was called el cenizo. The interpretation given by the vaquero is charming, to say the least; the gray of the leaves signifies the Passion of Christ; the white flowers, the purity of the mother; and the pink, the new dawn for the cowmen and the resurrection of life.”
The folktale leans heavily on Catholic tradition, but no matter one’s faith system or spiritual beliefs, the message is the same. Sometimes you need to call on a higher power.
https://www.lahacienda.com/blog/texas-sage-cenizo-legend-spiritual-foundation
**Place fresh herb bundles in a cool, dry place, free from moisture and humidity, and hang or lay flat to dry. Color will change will occur once smudge bundle dries. Aka petals may turn brown but don’t worry it does not take away the properties-They will require 1-2 weeks to dry and be ready to burn. Dried sticks are fragrant when burned**
