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gathered. Some apples are sure to be over- 
looked in the picking, but these must be left 
untouched, for ill-luck would surely follow any 
person who was so greedy as to leave no fruit 
at all for the pixies or fairies. Many old-fashioned 
folk in West Somerset make a point of leaving 
a few apples on every tree in the orchard for the 
“little folk.”? See PECKSINS. 
Pixy Pears. Applied to both Hips and Haws. 
See Pipsy PHARs. 
Pixy RinGs. The green rings so dften seen in 
pastures are supposed to be pixy rings, round 
which the little people dance on moonlight nights. 
See Farry RINGS. 
Pixy Stroouts. Toad-stools. 
Pixy’s UMBRELLAS. Toad-stools. 
Pixy Worp. <A West Somerset form of Pixy- 
hoard. See Prxy HOARDINGS. 
PLENTY. Biting Stonecrop, Sedum acre (Mel- 
plash, Dorset). 
PLOUGHMAN’S WEATHER-GLASS., Scarlet Pim- 
pernel, Anagallis arvensis (S.W. Wilts). More 
generally called PooR MAN’s (or SHEPHERD’S) 
W EATHER-GLASS. 
PLUME FEATHERS. Pampas Grass, Gynerium 
argenteum (Sampford Arundel). 
PiLumM PuppDING. Red Campion, Lychnis dioica 
(A Crewkerne school-girl). See PUDDENS. 
PoIsoN BERRIES. Fruits of various plants, 
usually of a bright colour, such as 
(1) Wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, Arum 
maculatum. 
(2) Black Bryony, Tamus communis. 
(3) Stinking Ivis, Iris fetidissima. 
(4) Mountain Ash, or Rowan, Pyrus aucu- 
paria. 
PoIson DAisy. Stinking Chamomile or May- 
weed, Anthemis Cotula (Yeovil). 
PoIson FINGERS. Wiid Arum or Cuckoo pint, 
Arum maculatum (Dorchester). 
PoIson Root. Wild Arum, as above (N.W. 
Wilts). , 
PoKERS. (1) The Great Reed-mace, Typha 
latifolia; commonly called BULRUSH. 
(2) Wild Arum or Cuckoo pint, Arum macula- 
tum (North Petherton). 
(3) Red Hot Poker, Tritoma or Kniphofia. 
POKEWEED. Chickweed, Stellaria media (Comp- 
ton, near Yeovil). 
PoLE REED. The Common Reed, Phragmites 
communis (West Somerset). These long stout 
reeds are sometimes used instead of laths for 
making ceilings. The local name may be a 
