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Money Spells (using a green or a gold candle)

Money Spells

You can use either a green or a gold candle for this, the choice is up to you. Also needed is a piece of parchment, a pen with green ink, and a fireproof container. Some cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg incense should be burning…don’t...

The end of a ship is drowning

The end for a kiln is burning
The end of a feast is frowning
The end of a man's health -is mourning

All my Heart this Night Rejoices

All my heart this night rejoices,
As I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices;
"Christ is born, " their choirs are singing,
Till the air, everywhere, now their joy is ringing.

Forth today the...

He Smiles Within His Cradle

He smiles within his cradle,
A babe with face to bright
it beams most like a mirror
Against a blaze of light:
This babe so burning bright.

This babe we now declare to you
Is Jesus Christ, our Lord;
He...

One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning.

He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand.

A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. Why are you burning damp wood? was his first comment.

The fire doesn't care about the owner of the coat that is burning.

He that holds the handle of a frying-pan runs the risk of burning himself.

If you find your own house is on fire, you may be sure that your neighbour's house is burning much more fiercely.