Using Black Beans in a Sorcery

In morocco a set of seven black beans could be used to protect sheep and goats from small pox. There are also traditions in morocco of five black beans being used in protective amulets. The suian tradition held that beans had protective qualities for childbirth. A woman in or approaching labor could eat nine black beans and that would serve as protective, it would be in a protective act. And he also makes mention in the book of european traditions concerning saint john's eve. This is the the eve of celebration before the feast day of saint john the baptist. But the celebration itself existed before the coming of christianity.