The holly tree is one of the most magical plants a person can grow in their yard. It is steeped in ancient history and in numerous folk superstitions. While it is commonly displayed during the Christmas season, its magical qualities are known throughout the year.
Burning Love Divination
To find out which person loves you the most, take two holly leaves and name each one after a person. Throw them both onto a fire and the leaf that pops first is the person who loves you the most.
Luck In A New Home
If you want to usher in a bit of good luck, the next time you move into a new home hang up a sprig of holly inside the home. Besides luck, it is also believed to help purify a home of all negative energies.
Grow It For Protection
Many old timers believe that you should grow holly somewhere in your yard for good luck and for protection. Those points on the leaves of the holly tree were once believed to keep away all the bad.
Lucky For Men
Traditionally, the ivy plant was a woman’s good luck plant and the holly tree was the plant for men’s luck. The holly must have berries and be a female tree. The male holly tree does not produce berries.
Future Husband Run
There are numerous ways young women used to try and figure out who their future husbands would be. One curious method involved running around the holly tree seven times in one direction and then seven times around the holly tree in the opposite direction. After this dizzying run, she would catch sight of her future husband.
More Berries For Harsh Winter
In weather lore, if the holly trees produce a large crop of berries, the winter will be a harsh one.
Tree Of Fairies
The holly tree is sacred to fairies. This is why it is extremely unlucky to cut down or burn down a holly tree, no matter how inconvenient its placing is. Transplanting holly trees is also considered risky business because the fairies might become angry over the move.
