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EeGGs AND CoLLops. Yellow Toadflax, Linaria 
vulgaris (Rodden, near Frome). 
EeeGs Eacs. Fruit of the Hawthorn, Crataegus 
moncgyna (S.W. Wilts). Probably connected 
with A.S. haga, Dutch heg = a hedge. Mr. G. 
T. Onions writes me ‘‘ EGG mu t be an unaspirated 
form of heg, a by-form of hag (you have the 
diminutive in aglet). Hag is again a parallel 
form of Haw, waich is the widespread name for 
the berry of the Hawthorn.’ It has also been 
suggested that the name is perhaps derived from 
a perversion of HEDGE-PEGS, although this latter 
name is usually applied to the Sloe. 
EGLANTINE. An old English name for the 
Sweetbriar, Rosa Eglanteria ; frequentiy used by 
the older poets or the Wid Ro e. 
Ea@Ler. Toe Haw: fruit of the Whitethorn, 
Crataegus monogyna (Devon). See AGLET. 
EGLEY-BLOOM. Hawthorn blossom (see above). 
ELDER TROT OR ELDROT. Cow parsnip, 
Heracleum Sphondylium. 
ELDROOT. Rev. Wm. Barnes (Dorset) define 
this as “ the stalk and umbel of the Wild Parsley.”’ 
See ELTROT (2). 
ELEPHANT’S EAR. (1) A common name for 
the genus Begonia. 
(2) Miss Ida Roper informs me that ‘the 
name is also given to a shrubbery species of Ivy. 
ELEM OR ELLUM. A very common pronuncia- 
tion in Somerset, Dorset, and Devon of the name 
Elm, Ulmus campestris, from which we have the 
adjective ELEMHN—made of elm. Dr. R. C. 
Knight quotes a native of East Somerset as 
saying ‘‘ The ELum idden a tree, he’s a weed, 
because if you d’ stick a elum pwoost in groun’ 
he d’ sprout an’ grow.” 
ELEVEN O’cLock Lapy. Star of Bethlehem, 
Ornithogalum umbellatum. The French call it 
by the equivalent name of Dame d’onze heures, 
from its waking up and opening its eyes so late 
in the day. 
EwF-cuep. Any cup-shaped fungus of the 
former genus Peziza (now split up); probably 
the best known being Geopywis coccinea, the 
Searlet Elf-cup, commonly called in Somerset 
SOLDIERS’ CAPs or JERUSALEM STARS. See FAIRY 
Cups (3). 
EvtTrotT. (1) The usual name in East Somer- 
set, Dorset, and West Wilts for the Co w-parsnip 
Heracleum Sphondylium, generally kaown in West 
Somerset as LIMPERSCRIMP. 
(2) Rev. Hilderic Friend says: “A stalk of 
Wild Parsley is in the Western Counties called 
ELTROT.”’ 
