Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham 1985

Foxglove
The Herbs

(Digitalis purpurea) Poison

Folk Names: Cow-Flop, Deadmen’s Bells, Digitalis, Dog’s Finger, Fairy Fingers, Fairy Petticoats, Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Weed, Floppy-Dock, Floptop, Folk’s Gloves, Fox Bells, Foxes Glofa, The Great Herb, Lion’s Mouth, Lusmore, Lus na mbau side (Irish Gaelic), Our Lady’s Glove, Witches’ Bells, Witches’ Thimbles

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Powers: Protection

Magical Uses: Grown in the garden it protects it, as well as the home. In the past, housewives in Wales used the leaves of the foxglove to make a black dye, which they used to paint crossed lines on their cottage’s stone floors. This was done to keep evil from entering the house.

Foxglove is poisonous; do not take internally.