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Pale wooden bowl heaped with dark crumbled soil on a scrubbed table, a folded white cloth and a small spoon laid beside it

earth in the palm

The cure for an affliction from the earth is taken from the earth: soil from the offending spot, used in the treatment.

Basis: Finnish healing charms for maan viha · AI-generated

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Close view of dry trodden yard earth split by a deep narrow crack running the full height of the frame, grass tufts at the corners and a rusted spike on the ground

the ground under the yard →

Wooden pail lying on its side against the stone footing of a log building, wash water spilled into the bare soil and running away down a worn channel in the grass

where the water is thrown →