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Devil's Shoestring is a common name for different types of Viburnum, a plant growing in North America and belonging to the honeysuckle family. Devil's Shoestring is used in [[Hoodoo]].
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[[File:Devil's Shoestring.png|thumb|right|350px|Devil's Shoestring.]]
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|text= See, I noticed something interesting in your hotel room. Something tucked above the door. An herb. Devil's shoestring? Well, there's only one use for that. Holding hellhounds at bay.
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|author= [[Dean Winchester]]
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|source= [[3.15 Time Is on My Side]]
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They look like long vines and are used for protection to "trip up the Devil" so he can't get in the house. They can be driven into the ground near the front door or left on the door lintel.
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[[Dean]] describes it as an herb that can hold [[hellhounds]] at bay, much like [[goofer dust]].
  
[[Bela]] uses it to try and protect herself from [[Hellhounds]] when her Crossroads deal is up.<sup>[[3.15 Time Is On My Side]]</sup>
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==Episodes==
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===[[3.15 Time Is on My Side]]===
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[[Bela]] uses it to try and protect herself from hellhounds when her [[crossroads]] [[deal]] is up. When Dean holds her at gunpoint, he notices a branch of devil's shoestring tucked above the door frame. It was this discovery that helped him realize that Bela made a deal.
  
It is a component necessary to summon [[Veritas]].<sup>[[6.06 You Can't Handle The Truth]]</sup>
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===[[6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth]]===
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Devil's shoestring, along with a cat skull and grains of paradise seed, is a part of a spell to summon [[Veritas]], the goddess of truth.
  
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==Trivia==
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* Devil's shoestring is a common name for different types of viburnum, a plant that grows in North America, belonging to the honeysuckle family. Devil's shoestring is used in [[hoodoo]]. The plant produces long vines which are used for protection to "trip up the Devil" so he can't get in the house. They can be driven into the ground near the front door or left on the door lintel.
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==External links==
 
* [http://www.luckymojo.com/devilsshoestring.html More Information on Devil's Shoestring]
 
* [http://www.luckymojo.com/devilsshoestring.html More Information on Devil's Shoestring]
 
  
 
[[Category:Library]][[Category:Weapons & Mystical Artifacts]]
 
[[Category:Library]][[Category:Weapons & Mystical Artifacts]]

Latest revision as of 23:48, 21 March 2019

Devil's Shoestring.

See, I noticed something interesting in your hotel room. Something tucked above the door. An herb. Devil's shoestring? Well, there's only one use for that. Holding hellhounds at bay.

Dean Winchester, 3.15 Time Is on My Side

Dean describes it as an herb that can hold hellhounds at bay, much like goofer dust.

Episodes

3.15 Time Is on My Side

Bela uses it to try and protect herself from hellhounds when her crossroads deal is up. When Dean holds her at gunpoint, he notices a branch of devil's shoestring tucked above the door frame. It was this discovery that helped him realize that Bela made a deal.

6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth

Devil's shoestring, along with a cat skull and grains of paradise seed, is a part of a spell to summon Veritas, the goddess of truth.

Trivia

  • Devil's shoestring is a common name for different types of viburnum, a plant that grows in North America, belonging to the honeysuckle family. Devil's shoestring is used in hoodoo. The plant produces long vines which are used for protection to "trip up the Devil" so he can't get in the house. They can be driven into the ground near the front door or left on the door lintel.

External links