{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/ali/ali168.htm","path":"neu/celt/ali/ali168.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali168.htm","text":"To Attract Bees\nGather foxglove, raspberry leaves, wild marjorum, mint, camomile, and valerian; mix them with butter made on May Day, and let the herbs also be gathered on May Day. Boil them all together with honey; then rub the vessel into which the bees should gather, both inside and out, with the mixture; place it in the middle of a tree, and the bees will soon come. Foxglove or \"fairy fingers\" is called \"the great herb\" from its wondrous properties.","title":"Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland: To Attract Bees","type":"page"}