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(83) Several correspondents at Nettlecombe 
give it as a local name for the Snakeweed, or 
Bistort, Polygonum Bistorta, of which Anne Pratt 
says the seeds are peculiarly nutritive to poultry. 
(4) A co1respondent at Donhead (Wilts) gives 
it as a local name for the Common Tansy, 
Tanacetum vulgare. 
(5) A dwarf Sedge, Carex hirta (F. T. 
Elworthy). Miss Ida Roper, F.L.S., points out 
that C. hirta grows from one to twe feet high, but 
that C. humilis is a dwarf sedge. 
GoosE SHARE. Same as GoosH-GRAss (1). 
Mr. T. W. Cowan, F.L.S., writes me ‘‘ GOOSE- 
SHARE or GOOSE-SHARETH is a corruption of its 
old name, Goose-heiriffe, A. Sax., gos-hegerife = 
goose hedge-reeve, i.e., the reeve that guards the 
hedge and prevents geese passing through 
(Turner’s Herball Grateron). 
GOOSE TONGUE. (1) Sameas GOOSE-GRASS (1). 
(2) Several young people at Dunster give me 
this as a local name for the Yarrow, Achillea 
Millefolivum. 
GOOSE-WEED. Same as GANDER-GRASS. 
GoOOsSEWORT. <A correspondent at Stockland 
(Devon) gives me this as a local name for the 
Silverweed, Potentilla Anserina. See GANDER- 
GRASS. 
GoOsEY GANDER. (i) A very common name 
throughout the district for the Early Purple 
Orchis, Orchis mascula. 
(2) Several correspondents in Dorset and 
Devon give it asa loca] name for the Wild Hyacinth 
or Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta. A name given to 
one of these plants is frequently applied also to 
the other. Compare BLoopy BONES, GRANFER 
GRIGGLES, and WILD HYACINTH. 
GOOsEY-GOOSEY GANDER. A variation of the 
last name (1) sent me by correspondents at Wells 
and Long Sutton. 
Gostincs. (1) The large yellow catkins of 
the Sallow, Salia caprea (Warminster). 
(2) Early Purple Orchis, Orchis mascula 
(N.W. Wilts). 
Goss. In most districts GORSE or Goss is the 
Furze, Ulex europ evs. but in N.W. Wilts this 
name is given to the Rest Harrow, Ononis repens. 
The compilers of the Wiltshire Glossary add that 
in this district ‘“‘ Gorse,” Ulex, is always “‘ Fuzz.” 
Gossips. Early Purple Orchis, Orchis mascula, 
Go Tro BEp AT Noon. Yellow Goatsbeard, 
Tragopogon pratense, from the fact of its flowers 
closing at mid-day. More generally called JoHN 
(or JACK) GO TO BED AT Noon. 
Go To SLEEP AT Noon. Mr. W. C. Baker, late 
of Maunsel, gives me this as a local name for the 
Meadow Saffron, Colchicum autumnale. ; 
