Walnut Trees in Folklore: Evil Shade and Helpful Remedies

Walnut Trees in Folklore: Evil Shade and Helpful Remedies

From Fabulous Folklore with Icy by Icy Sedgwick

March 28, 2026 · 23 min

About this episode

This episode explores the folklore, superstitions, and remedies associated with walnut trees.

When it comes to the walnut tree, we're probably more familiar with their produce than the actual tree. Walnuts are easily recognisable, and present in everything from nut selections to coffee cake. We might even know that classic Jaguar cars often feature walnut veneers on their dashboards. Many guitars also feature walnut in their construction. Yet we're probably less familiar with their superstitions, legends, and even remedies. The fact that they appear in folklore shows they were important to our forebears, even if we've forgotten their uses now. Let's put that right and get to know the walnut tree in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the blog post with all the images and references here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/walnut-trees/ Buy Bring Me Love: Finding and Keeping Love Using Divination and Folk Magic : https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12992/9781786789747 Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Get weekly articles and bonus content at Substack: https://fabulousfolklore.substack.com/…

Topics covered

  • walnut trees
  • folklore
  • superstitions
  • remedies

Keywords

  • folklore
  • legends
  • superstitions
  • remedies

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