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ONE O’cLocK. (1) A very common name 
throughout the district for the Dandelion, Tarax- 
acum officinale. 
(2) The Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum 
umbellatum. 
(3) The Yellow Goat’s-beard, Tragopogon 
pratense (Bradford-on-Tone). : 
(4) The Co.t’s-foot, Tussilago Farfara (lyd- 
ford-on-the-Fosse). 
(5) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Membury, Devon). 
ONE O’cLocK, Two O’ctLocK. Seed-head of 
Dandelion (Clapton-in-Gordano). 
ONE, Two, THREE. Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale (Wambrook). No doubt from counting 
the number of puffs required to blow away all 
the seeds. 
ONION CoucH. Dr. Watson writes :—‘ This 
is a name given at Staplegrove to a kind of grass 
with little underground buibs. I have not yet 
had the grass brought for examination, but it 
may be a form of Arrhenatherum elatius or Phleum 
pratense.”’ 
ONION FLOWER. The Broad-leaved Garlic, 
Allium ursinum. 
ONION STINKERS. Broad-leaved Garlic, as 
above (a schoo!-boy at Evercreech). 
OPEN AND SHuT. The Star of Bethlehem, 
Ornithogalum umbellatum (Martin, Wilts). 
OPEN-ASS. A common name throughout the 
district for the Medlar, Mespilus germanica. 
Mr. Elworthy says: ‘‘ The common and usual 
name among the working-class, and it appears 
to be a survival, not perhaps of the fittest accord- 
ing to modern taste, but ot a very early period.” 
OPEN-EYE. Common Daisy, Bellis perennis 
(Dowlish Wake). 
OPEN JAws. The Snapdragon, Antirrhinum 
majus (Camerton). : 
OPEN MoutTus. Snapdragon, as above (Long 
Sutton). 
OPEN SrTar. The Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysan- 
themum Leucanthemum (school-children at Paul- 
ton). See LirTLE OPEN STAR. 
ORANGE BLossom. (1) Sameas Mock ORANGE. 
(2) <A school-girl at Ilminster gives me this 
as a local name for the Lesser St. John’s Wort (?). 
ORGAN, ORGIN, or ORGANyY. (1) Penny- 
royal, Mentha Pulegium. Mr. Eliworthy says: 
“Usual name of this herb, which is much grown 
as a flavouring. The name Penny-royal is un- 
known. It is chopped small and put into a 
mess called ‘Tea kettle broth,’ which is also 
often called ‘ORGAN Brotu.’” Rey. H. Friend 
