So mothers passed on to their children a way of feeling as well as
a way of doing. Their daughters while they learned the skills of the
woman of the house (the churning, the hatching, the spinning and weaving)
also learned a whole repertoire of songs and blessings for each of these
tasks. There was a song for going to fetch water from the well after
dark (in case the bogeys were waiting). There were the baking blessings
and rituals so that the family and guests might share in simple but
truly sacramental meals. There were the healing runes to chant while
applying herbal remedies. It was as if the doing of something was not
enough on its own; there had to be imagination and self-expression to
go with the doing."
(Noragh Jones, in Power of Raven,
Wisdom of Serpent)
Johanna Stuckey 
