If you're the victim of gossip, try this spell. It's based in old-time Appalachian folk magic. Knives, scissors, and axes were once used to "cut" pain, curses, or gossip. You'll need a pair of scissors and one piece of gray yarn about a foot long. Hold the yarn as you concentrate on the gossip. Then say:

Words dark as night,
Scatter and take flight.
Words that cut like a knife,
Go, so only truth will see the light!

Now cut the yarn in half and throw it in the trash.