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times mis-applied to other plants, as for in- 
stance :— 
(2) Tbe Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista- 
galli (Winscombe and Dalwood). 
(3) Bird’s-foot Trefoii, Lotus corniculatus (Over 
Stowey). 
(4) The Calceoiaria (South Petherton and 
Luppitt). 
(5) Lunary or Honesty, Lunaria  biennis 
(Wells). 
SHEPHERD’S Rop (or STAFF). The Teasel, 
both the Common and the Smal! Species, Dipsacus 
sylvestris and D. pilosus. 
SHEPHERD’s Scrip. A Wincanton schoo--girl 
gives me this as a local name for the Shepnera’s 
Purse, Capsella Bursa pastoris. 
SHEPHERD’S ‘THYME. (1) Wild Tiryme 
Thymus Serpyllum. See SHEEP’S THYME. 
(2) In Wiltshire the Chalk Milkwort, Polygala 
calearea. This plant is fairly common on the 
Wiits chalk downs, but is not likely to be dis- 
tinguished from other Muilkworts except by 
botanists. 
SHEPHERD’S WARNING. The Scarlet Pimpernel, 
Anagallis arvensis. 
SHEPHERD’S WHEATHER-GLASS. The Scazlet 
Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis, from its habit 
of closing its flowers before rain. 
SHICKLE SHACKLES. Quaking Grass, Briza media 
(Stoke-under-Ham). 
SHick SHACK or SHIG SHAG. The leaves and 
“‘ apple ’’ of the oak, worn by school-children and 
others of a larger growth, on May 29th, known 
throughout the district as ‘‘ Oak-apple Day ”’ 
or ‘“‘ Shick Shack Day ’’—this being supposed to 
be the day on which King Charles hid in the 
oak. 
SHILLINGS. Lunary or Honesty, Lunaria 
biennis (Broadstone, Dorset). 
SHIMMIES, SHIMMY-SHIRTS, or SHIMMIES AND 
Suirts. (1) One or other of these names is 
used throughout a great part of Somerset, Dorset, 
and Wilts for the Greater Convolvulus or Hedge 
Bindweed, Calystegia sepium. See SHIRTs. 
(2) In the neighbourhood of North Cheriton 
these names are given to the Greater Stitchwort, 
Stellaria Holostea. 
Suirt Butrrons. (1) Flowers of the Greater 
Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea. 
(2) A school-girl at Oakhill gives this as a 
local name for the White Campion, Lychnis alba. 
SHIRTS or SHIRTS AND SHIMMIES. Lesser 
Convolvulus or Field Bindweed, Convolvulus 
arvensis. See SHIMMIES. 
SHIT-ABED. The Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale (Wiltshire). 
