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GRAMPHA-GRIDDLE- GOOSEY - GANDER. Early 
Purple Orchis, Orchis mascula. A name from 
Zeals (Wilts) recorded in the “Sarum Diocesan 
Gazette.” 
GRAMPY GRIGGLES. Bluebell, Scilla non- 
scripta (Milborne St. Andrew). 
GRANDFATHER GRIGGLES. (1) Early Purple 
Orchis, Orchis mascula (Yeovil, Horton, and 
Hawkchurch). 
(2) Bluebell, Scilla non-scripta (South Pether- 
ton). 
(3) A correspondent at Combe St. Nicholas 
gives it as a local name for the Spotted Orchis, 
Orchis maculata. 
GRANDFATHERS BEARD. (1) Clematis or 
Traveller’s Joy, Clematis Vitalba, more often 
called OLD MAN’sS BEARD. 
(2) Correspondents at Hawkchurch (Devon) 
give it as a local name for a species of Horsetail, 
Equisetum (probably arvense). 
(3) The gall or bedeguar on the Wild Rose, 
more often called ROBIN’s PINCUSHION (Dray- 
cott). 
(4) Dr. Watson writes “This and other 
similar names, as OLD MAN’S BEARD, are often 
applied to a Lichen, Usnea, which hangs from the 
tree.” 
GRANDFATHER'S BuTTons. Marsh Marigold, 
Caltha palustris (district from Otterhampton to 
Nettlecombe). 
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK. A correspondent at 
Dorchester gives this as a local name for the 
Thistle. 
GRANDFATHER'S WEATHER-GLASS. Scarlet 
Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis (Axminster dis- 
trict). 
GRANDFATHER'S WHISKERS. A variation of 
GRANDFATHER'S BEARD (1) sent me from Yet- 
minster. 
GRANDMA’s DaltIstIes. Red Double Daisies, 
Bellis perennis (Horton). 
GRANDMA’s NiautTcap. (1) The Columbine, 
Aquilegia vulgaris. 
(2) Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium 
(Stockland, Devon). 
(3) A correspondent at North Cadbury gives 
this as a local name for the White Campion, 
Lychnis alba. 
GRANDMOTHER'S BONNET. A name far less 
frequently used than GRANNY’s BONNET for 
(1) The Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. 
(2) The Monk’s-hood, Aconitum Napellus. 
GRANDMOTHER’S NicutT-cAp. The Columbine, 
Aquilegia vulgaris, more generally called 
GRANNY’s NIGHT-CAP. 
