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SHEEP-SHEARING FLOWER. (1) The Iris 
(Brompton Regis). 
(2) The Giadiolus (Bridgwater). 
SHEEP SHEARS. The Iris (Rodney Stoke and 
Litton). See above (1). 
SHEEPS’ Tarts. (1) Catkins of the Hazel, 
Corylus Avellana; more often called Lamsp’s 
Tatts or Pussy Cats’ TAILs. 
(2) Great Drooping Sedge, Carex pendula 
(Wincanton). 
SHEEP’s THISTLE. Creeping Piume Thistle, 
Cnicus arvensis (Wincanton). 
SHEEP’S THYME. Wild Thyme, Thymus Ser- 
pyllum (Stoke Abbot, Dorset). See SHEPHERD’S 
THYME (1). 
SHEE SHACK. A form of SHICK SHACK (which 
see), used at Stoke-under-Ham. 
SHEKEL BASKET. The Yellow Rattle, 
Rhinanthus Crista-galli (Leigb, Dorset). See 
SHACKLE BASKET. 
SHEKEL Box. Yellow Rattle, as above (Mel- 
plash, Dorset). See SHACKLE Box. 
SHEMSHA. The Shumac Tree (Pulman). 
SHEPHERD’S BAROMETER. The Scarlet Pim- 
pernel, Anagallis arvensis; more often called 
PooR MAN’S WEATHER-GLASS. 
SHEPHERD’S CLocK. (1) Scarlet Pimpernel, 
as above. 
(2) The Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale (Mine- 
head). 
SHEPHERD’S CLUB. An old country name for 
the Great Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus. 
SHEPHERD’S DELIGHT. (1) The Scarlet Pim- 
pernel, Anagallis arvensis. 
Mr. Elworthy says it is uncertain from the 
pronounciation whether delight or daylight is 
intended. See SHEPHERD’s Joy. 
(2) The Mealy Gueider Rose or Wayfaring 
Tree, Viburnum Lantana (Miss Elia Fora, Mei- 
plash). 
(3) Wild Clematis or Travelier’s Joy, Clematis 
Vitalba (a schoo.-girl at Cnideock). 
SHEPHERD’s FLOCK. White Arabis (Shepton 
Matliet). 
SHEPHERD’S FRIEND. The Mountain Ash, 
Pyrus Aucuparia (Miss Ella Ford, Metplash). 
SHEPHERD’s Joy. The Scarlet Pimpernel, 
Anagallis arvensis (Bridgwater). See SHEPHERD’s 
DELIGHT (1). 
SHEPHERD’S PoucH. Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella 
Bursa-pastoris. 
_ SHEPHERD’s Purse. (1) The general English 
name for Capsella Bursa-pastoris. It is ye 
