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Farry CHEESE. Common Mallow, Malva syl- 
vestris (Stalbridge). See CHE&SEs. 
Farry CHEHSECAKE. Mr. Edward Vivian 
(Trowbridge) gives me this as a local name for a 
Medick—I presume Medicago lupulina. 
Farry Cnocks. Seed-heads of Dandelion, 
Taraxacum officinale (Milborae Port and Mark). 
Farry Cups. (1) The Cowslip, Primula veris 
(Bradford-on-Tone, North Petherton, West Coker, 
and other districts). 
(2) <A correspondent at Chetnole (Dorset) gives 
it as a local pame for the Harebell, Campanula 
rotundifolia. 
(3) Any cup-shaped fungus ot the genus 
Peziza, particularly P. coccinea. See ELF-cup. 
Famy Deu. Miss Ella Ford, of Melplash 
(Dorset), gives me this as a local name for 
(1) The Sun Spurge, Huphorbia H elioscopia. 
(2) The P.tty Spurge, F. Peplus. 
Farry Frneers. The Foxglove, Digitalis 
purpurea (Ihmniaster and Combe St. Nicholas). 
Famy Fax. (1) Catkartic Flax or_ Mill 
Mountain, Linum catharticum. The Rev. H. N. 
Ellacembe, lecturing at Bath over 40 years ago, 
spoke of ‘‘ the little Fairy Flax which you will find 
on your downs round Bath.” Dr. Downes points 
out that the flowers of this plant are white, so 
that our ‘‘ Fairy Flax’ cannot be that of Long- 
fellow, who wrote in his ‘‘ Wreck of the Hespeius,” 
Blue were her eyes as the Fairy Flax. 
(2) Several young people at Wembdon apply 
the name to a plant of the genus Ipomea. 
(8) A correspondent at Wincazten gives it 
as a lecal name ior the Seabious, ? Scabiosa 
arvensis. 
Farry GLoves. The Foxglove, Digitalis pur- 
purea. Also calied FAIRIES’ GLOVES. 
Famy Hart. A correspondent at Charmoath 
(Dorset) gives me this as a lccal name for the 
Fexglove, Digitalis purpurea. 
Farry Pops. (Pops=sweets). The School 
Mistress at Beaminster gives me this as a local 
name for the Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, 
known throughout a great part of the distriet as 
FIoNEYSUCKLE. Botb names refer to the sweet- 
ness which children extract by sucking the 
flowers. 
FAIRY QUEENS. A correspondeut at Hatch 
Beauch2mp gives me this as a local name for the 
Pansy, Viola. 
Farry Ruincers. The Harebell, Campanula 
rotundifolia (Hammocn, Dorset). 
Farmy Ruincs. Circles or parts of circles in 
pastures of a darker green and more luxuriant 
growth than the adjoining parts, most observ- 
