In My Cupboard

-Olive oil this is my staple oil. I use it for all my work.
-Sea salt is a purifier.
-Wine Vinegar is a purifier.
-Liquore Strega* celebration, divination, offering.
-Centerba Toro* protection, health, hex-breaking.
-Honey for love and fertility.
-Rosewater for love and blessing.
-Lavender for love, health and protection.
-Rue for protection and hex breaking.
-Basil for love.
-Rosemary for purification.
-Cinnamon for purification, protection, and prosperity.
-Garlic for health, protection and hex breaking.
-Holy Water
-Holy Oil

The tools I use are those found in my kitchen as well as in my home in general:

-Scissors
-Bowl
-Wooden spoon
-Enamel or stainless steel pot
-Mortar and pestle
-Candles
-Incense
-Sewing needles
-Red string or thread


*Liquore Strega is still produced in Benevento (Italy) and is available in all fine liquor stores.

*Centerba Toro is produced in Tocco Da Casauria, my father's home town in Pescara (Italy), and is quite difficult to obtain here in Canada.

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Now I want to share with you my sweet Songofthesea's list. She reminded me of things I forgot to mention!

Espresso and Biscotti!

-Salt
-Oil
-Vinegar
-Italian Wine & Liquore
-Festival Foods
-Statuary, Images, Icons
-Cards
-Rosary/Prayer beads
-Holy Water
-Basin
-Candles
-Incense
-Knife
-Scissors
-Needle
-Thread - Black, White, Red
-Cheesecloth
-Herbs/spices/flowers
-Lemon, Garlic, Onion, Eggs
-Nicabiggafreezer
-Amuleti - Typical Italian
-Broom
-Hand Gestures - Mano Pantea, Mano Cornuta, Mano Fica, and some others I use in traffic once in awhile shhh
http://81.144.190.71/richel/keywordsearch_richel.php Museum Link where you can look up these images and many others.
Nice Collection of Cura's from this site.


-Circles? Yes and No.
Not as the Wicca.
Sweeping for the New Year, New Birth, Funeral...

-Basic Saints:

Career/Employment Issues

Anthony
Joseph
Martha

Love

Mary Magdalene

Weather

Paul

Cleanse, Banish, Exorcise, Protect

Michael
Martin
Paul

Pets

Francis
Benedict

Health/Healing

Jude
Anthony
Lucy

Blessing Divination Tools (One I have chosen on my own to use, cannot say there is a direct link in Italian "witchery" for this St.*)

Agabus


The list and options are huge really. Mostly, I think we prefer Saints we became familiar with growing up through festival and family.

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm

My Favorite Tool : Stregoneria Italiana because for what we do not know - the family does.