Irish Moss, Cut, 2 oz (Chondrus crispus), Wild Crafted

Wild-crafted carrageen. The true Chondrus crispus, gathered rather than farmed.

Cut and sifted. Ready for sachets, jars, and the pinch-work of the tradition.

The luck-and-money register. The folk record's tide-borne prosperity herb.

• Weight: 2 oz, cut and sifted; botanical: Chondrus crispus (carrageen)
• Sourcing: wild-crafted
• Note: sold for ritual use, not as food; keep from children, pets, and kitchen jars
• SKU: HIRIMC

Irish moss holds a proper seat in the folk-magic record: Scott Cunningham's encyclopedia files the carrageen under the Moon and the element of Water, with money, luck, and protection as its traditional powers, and the customs are wonderfully domestic, the pinch tucked beneath rugs and carpets to keep luck and money moving through the house, the handful carried on journeys for protection, and the herb stuffed into luck poppets and prosperity sachets along the coasts that knew it best. Its logic is the tide's: steady flow rather than windfall, the abundance that keeps arriving.

On the working shelf it serves the money registers' gentler side, the sachet and jar herb of household prosperity, the under-rug tradition kept as written, and the water-rite addition for practitioners whose money work runs by the Moon, its own planet, on Mondays, its own day.

1. Tuck a pinch beneath the doormat or rug, the tradition's signature working.
2. Fill prosperity sachets and mojo bags for steady household flow.
3. Layer it into money jars with the register's stones and coins.
4. Carry a pinch on journeys, the old protection custom.
5. Store sealed, cool, dark, and apart from the kitchen's edible jars.

Mondays and the waxing moon, the herb's own planet and season, keep its calendar.

• Money Rice, Green, 1 oz: the flow register's other pantry staple.
• Fast Money Oil, 4 Dram: the drawing oil for the money jar.
• Green Cotton Bag, 3" x 4": the prosperity sachet itself.
• Full Moon Water, 8 oz: the lunar water beside the lunar herb.
• Improve Business (Levanta Negocios) Aromatic Jar Candle: the trade-raising flame alongside.

What is Irish moss?

Carrageen, the red seaweed Chondrus crispus: the coasts' traditional luck, money, and protection herb, here wild-crafted and cut for ritual work.

What are its traditional correspondences?

Cunningham files it under the Moon and Water, with money, luck, and protection as its powers: the tide's own herb.

What is the under-rug custom?

The tradition's signature: a pinch beneath rugs and mats to keep luck and money flowing steadily through the house.

Can I eat or drink it?

Ours is sold for ritual use, not as food: sachets, jars, and the pinch-work, kept from the kitchen's edible stores.

How do I store it?

Sealed, cool, and dark, where the sea herb keeps its virtue for seasons of workings.