I brought things home from a witch's mar

This isn't a reading question, so I haven't drawn any cards — but there's plenty of practical ground to cover.

First, what you actually bought matters

• Cloth, cord, stones, metal jewellery, wooden items → salt water is fine. Wipe with a mix of coarse salt and water, or rinse, then dry in daylight.
• Dry herbs, resin, incense, candles, anything paper → no water. Use smoke instead.
• Electronics or a battery candle → no water, no smoke directly on it; wipe dry and set it in sunlight briefly.

The cleanse people usually mean

1. Name what it's for. Say out loud, or write, one sentence: what you want this object to be in your life. This is the part that actually does the work — the rest is ceremony that makes you keep to it.
2. Smoke it (for anything water-risky). A clean bundle of sage, sweetgrass, or palo santo, or plain incense if that's what you have. Pass it through the smoke rather than scorching it. Ventilate, never leave it burning unattended, keep it away from children and pets, and check nothing's synthetic — fragrance oils and polyester-dipped bundles make real smoke.
3. Sun and moon. Daylight to dry and "warm" it; if you follow the moon-lore tradition, a full moon for clearing and a new moon for beginning something new. Different traditions disagree on which — pick the version you'll actually keep doing.
4. Re-wrap it. Out of the shop's plastic and box into clean cloth or a jar. Cheap packaging and plastic often holds onto the "new/other" feeling people are trying to shift.
5. First use, small and deliberate. Hold it, use it once, notice what you did. Write the date somewhere. Objects pulled out of a drawer never really arrive.

Honest limits

Cleansing is traditional, not physical — nothing about a dried herb bundle changes because you smoked it. What changes is your relationship to it, and a small kept ritual is more useful than an elaborate one you'll skip.

A real caution: anything sold loose as "herbs" or "magical" blends can be mislabelled. Don't ingest it, don't put it in water you drink, and don't put it on skin unless you can confirm every ingredient.

If you tell me what it actually is — herb bundle, candle, stone, resin, jewellery — I'll tighten this to a short ritual for that one object. Or I can draw a single card for which one to start with.