A Charm to Form an Alliance with the Trees

When Summer falters before its flight, go on an evening of full moonlight, and cut from the oak tree one true branch,Thick with leaves and acorns bunched. Then where a woos grows dense and dark, stand at its edge and the oak bough shake - saying these words to the ranks of trees, that their strength may be yours for whatever you please:

With oakI lead
That ash may follow
Also alder
Elm and willow
Cedar and locust
Hickory and Larch,
Walnut, chestnut
Poplar, birch,
Beech and maple
Fir and pine:
All these powers
so be mine.

Then hang the oak bough over your door, taking one acorn from its store to be sewn up ia a chamois skin, safe to be kept for what you would win.