“This is how you begin in this world. These are the lessons to be learned.
Drink chamomile tea to calm the spirit. Feed a cold and starve a fever. Read as many books as you can. Always choose courage. Never watch another woman burn. Know that love is the only answer.”
Effie shrugged. “Witches are always outcasts, still better than being a cowan.”
"What's a cowan?” asked Miranda.
“An ordinary person,” Rowan explained as if it was obvious.
“Hail, Lady of the Fields! For the harvest, for the flowers in Dol Blathanna, but also for the hide of the undersigned, which you saved from being riddled with arrows.”