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Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, more often called 
GRANNY’S BONNETS. 
Doutty’s NIGHTcAp. Correspondents in the 
Axninster dist ict give me this as a local name 
fo: the Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
DoOLLy’s PINAFORE. A variation of DoLLy s 
APRON, from Axminster, 
Douty’s SHOES. (1) Correspondents at 
Muchelney and Creech give me this as a local 
name for the Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. 
(2) Several correspondents in the Axminster 
district give it as a local name for the Herb 
Robert, Geranium Robertianum. 
DoLLy SOLDIERS. A correspondent at Cembe 
St. Nicholas gives me this as a local name for the 
Dove’s foot Crane’s-bill, Geranium molle. 
Done Bett. A correspondent at West Coker 
gives me this as a local name for the Daffodil, 
Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. 
DonkEYs. A correspondent at East Harptree 
gives me this as a local name for 
(1) Goosegrass or Cleavers, Galium Aparine. 
(2) Burdock, Arctium. 
DONKEY’S BREAKFAST. Thistle (Taunton). 
DONKEY’s Ear. (1) The Woolly Woundwort, 
Stachys lanata; also called Mousn’s Ear, from 
the shape and hairy nature of the leaf. (Devon). 
(2) Great Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus (Dorset). 
DoNKEY’s Ears. A number of young people 
at Winsham give me this as a local name for the 
Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata. 
DONKEY’s Oats. The flowers and seeds of the 
Dock, Rumeax obtusifolius, and the Sorrel, Rumea 
Acetosa (Devon), 
DoNKEY’s Tarts. Several correspondents at 
Thorne St. Margaret give me tbis as a local 
name for OLD MAN’s BEARD, by which I presume 
they mean Mare’s-tails or Jointweed, Hquisetum 
arvense. 
DONKEY’s TONGUE. A correspondent at Small- 
ridge (Devon) gives me this as a local name for 
Love Lies Bleeding, Amaranthus caudatus. 
DONKEY’s THISTLE. Several young people at 
Oakhill give me this as a local aame for the 
Teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris. 
Dots AND DAsHES. A_ correspondent at 
Camerton gives me this as a local name for 
London Pride, Sawxifraga umbrosa. 
DovuGu-Fic. A Turkey fig, Ficvs Carica, so 
called most probably from being soft as dough. 
The name is used to prevent :onfusion arising 
between it and the ordinary raisin, which is 
called a “‘ fig.” 
