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AGGERMONY. A West Somerset coriuption of 
** Agrimony,” Agrimonia Eupatoria. | 
AGLEAF. Great Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus. 
AGLET. The haw or fruit of the Hawthorn 
Crataegus. monogyna. 
The catkins of the Hazel, Corylus Avellana, 
are called Aglets in Gerard’s Herbal. 
Arts. The beard of barley when broken off 
from the grain. The individual husks of any 
corn are also called Ails. The term is only 
applied to the separated spear or husk—never 
when still attached to the grain.—F. T. 
ELWoRTHY. MHollyband has “ the EILEs or beard 
upon the eare of corne.”’ 
ALDERDRAUGHT or ALDERDROTS. Corres- 
pondents at Horton and South Petherton give 
this as local name of the Cow-parsnip. Heracleum 
Sphondylium, more commonly called Eltrot or 
Hogweed. 
ALE-CostT or ALECOAST. An old English name 
for the common Costmaty, Tanacetum vulgare 
or Balsamita. The name was given because the 
plant was formerly put into ale. 
ALE-Hoor. A fairly general name for the 
Ground Ivy, Nepeta hederacea, given to the plant 
because it was formerly used in making ale. 
ALEXANDERS or ALISANDERS. The Horse 
Parsley, Smyrnium Olusatrum. It has been sug- 
gested that the name ‘“ Alexanders ”’ is probably 
due to the fact that one of the earlier names of 
the plant was ‘“ Parsley of Macedon,’’ which 
was Alexander’s country. Another suggestion 
is that it is a corruption of its scientific name 
Olusatrum, which is Latin for ‘* black pot herb.” 
The plant was formerly cultivated instead of 
celery. 
ALISON or Atysson. An English form of 
Alyssum. The name is said to be derived from 
two Greek words meaning ‘“‘no dog madness,”’ 
because the ancients used the plant as a remedy 
for the bite of a mad dog. 
ALL-BONES. Geeater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea. ‘* All-bones”’ is a free and easy transla- 
tion of the scientific name Holostea, which is taken 
from the Greek. The name is given to the 
Stitchwort on account of the brittleness of its 
stalks. In Cheshire it is called Break-bones, 
from theic snapping off at the joints. 
ALLELUIA. The Wood _ Sorrel, Ozalis 
Acetosella. From its blossoming between Easter 
and Whitsuntide, the season at which the Psalms 
were sung which end with that word, viz 
those from the 113th to the 117th inclusive. 
It bears the same name in German, French, 
Italian, and Spanish for the same reason. The 
name is met with in 15th century manuscripts 
in the Bodleian. 
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