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JEW’s Ear. (1) A general name for a tough 
but gelatinous fungus, Hirneola Auricula-Jude, 
which grows on elder and elm trees, and was 
formerly used as an ingredient in gargles and as a 
cure for dropsy. A corruption of Judas-ear. 
‘* For the coughe take Judas eare, 
With the parynge of a peare.”’ 
(Bale, ‘‘ Three Laws of Nature, 1562). 
(2) The Scarlet Elf-cup, Geopyxis coccinea 
(Wincanton district). 
JEw’s Hars. A correspondent at Pilton gives 
me this as a local name for Dicentra spectabilis ; 
often known as Bleeding Heart, Lyre-flower, 
Locks and Keys, &c. 
JIBBLES. Young Onions. See CHIBBLE. 
JILAFFER. (The syllable aff sounded as in 
laugh). The Wallflower is known by this name in 
North Devon. See GILLIFLOWER. 
JILLIFLOWER. See GILLIFLOWER. 
JILL-OFFER. (1) Stocks, Carnations, &c. 
(Pulman). See GILAWFER. 
(2) Rev. Hilderic Friend says: ‘‘ In Somerset 
the Ten-week Stock (Matthiola annua) is called 
JILOFFER.”’ 
(3) The Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri (Somer- 
set and Dorset). 
JILOFFER Stock. Ten-week Stock (Ilminster) 
Jmtty Orrers. The Wallflower, Cheiranthus 
Cheirt (East Mark). 
Jop’s Tears. (1) A fairly general name for 
the Flea-bane, Pulicaria dysenterica, from a 
tradition that the patriarch Job applied the plant 
to his boils and obtained relief. 
(2) The usual English name for the hard bony 
seeds of a Grass, Coiz tachryma, from a fancied 
resemblance to tear-drops. 
JoE STANLEY. The Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum (from a correspondent at East 
Lulworth). 
JOHN GO TO BEp aT Noon. (1) A_ very 
general form in Dorset for the Yellow Goatsbeard, 
Tragopogon pratense. See JACK-GO-TO-BED-AT- 
Noon. : 
(2) Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis (Miss 
Masey, Taunton). 
JoHN Hoop. The Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum (Wells). 
JoHnny Cocks. This is given me from 
Thurlbeare and from several parts of Dorset as 
a local name for the Early Purple Orchis, Orchis 
mascula. d 
JoHNNY MountTaIn. When I was @ boy at 
Castle Cary I frequently heard this name applied 
to Fircones. See DoLLy MOUNTER. 
