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FicuTine Cocks. Various Plantains, particu- 
larly the Ribwort or Cock-grass, Plantago lanceo- 
lata, and the Hoary or Lamb’s Tongue, P. media. 
Crildren fight them head against head. See 
Cock’s HEADS and SOLDIERS. 
Fics. Tke common name in Somerset and 
Devon for raisins. Some years ago a corres- 
pondent asked in the Western Antiquary why 
people in this part of England ealled raisins figs, 
and a plum pudding figgy pudding; and ke was 
met with the counter question, ‘‘ Why do you 
speak of plum pudding when you mean raisin- 
pudding ?” 
FINGER Cap. Mrs, Day, of North Petherton, 
gives me this as a ]ccal name for the Foxglove, 
Digitalis purpurea. 
FINGER Hut. Two correspondents at Steck- 
land (Devon) give this as a local name for the 
Foxglove ; see above. Dr. R. C. Knight writes : 
—‘ This is worthy of remark. Presumably Hut 
is the same word as the Somerset hud, i.e. a 
finger-stall, derived from hood.’’ 
Fingers. Tle Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea 
(West Somerset and Stowey, near Clutton). 
FINGERS AND THUMBs. This name is applied 
to a number of different flowers, but most gener- 
ally in this district to the 
(1) Bird’s-foot Trcfoil, Lotus  corniculatus. 
Correspondents in vaiious paits cf the district 
give me the came as being applied to the fojlowing 
flowers, but whether they are botanically correct 
in naming the species in every case I am wnable 
to say. 
(2) Tafted Vetch, Vicia Cracca (Sampford 
Brett, Melplash, Iwerne Minster). 
(3) Meadow Vetchling, Lathyrvs pratensis 
(Weston Zoylaad, Bromptoe Regis, Donhead). 
(4) Yellow Vetchling, Lathyrus Aphaca (Lux- 
borough, Bradford-on-Tone). r. Watson writes 
‘* Very questionable, as L. Aphaca is not known 
to me from either of these localities.’’ 
(5) Kidney Vetch, Anthyllis Vulneraria (Steck- 
land, Charmouth, Widwortby). 
(6) Horse shoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa 
(Queen Camel). 
(7) Purple Vetch, Vicia sepium (Sexey’s 
School). 
(8) Red Campion, Lychnis dioica (Sexey’s 
School). 
(9) Yellow Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris (Nettle- 
combe, Sampford Arundel), 
(10) Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (Oakhill). 
(11) Yellow Corydatis, Corydalis lutea (Stoke 
Abbott). 
(12) In East Somerset and Wilts the name is 
frequently given to the flowers of the Furze, 
Ulex europxus. 
