JOHN THE CONQUEROR ROOT

Said to have been a love charm much used by men. It was a piece of dried root with a prong or pike growing out of it, an obvious piece of phallic symbolism. It was carried in a little chamois leather bag, or one made of red cloth. The origin of the root was kept secret by the people who sold the charm, but it is said to have been BOG ST JOHN’S WORT (Valiente).