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SHITsAcK. A Wincanton form of SHICK SHACK e 
SHIVERING GRASS. Quaking Grass, Briza 
media. 
SHIVER SHAKES. Quaking Grass, Briza media 
(a South Petherton school-girl). 
SHIVERY SHAKES (or SHAKERIES). Quaking 
Grass, Briza media (North Somerset and Wilts). 
SHOE Nur. When I was a boy this was a very 
common name for the Brazil nut, Bertholetia 
excelsa, on account of its shape and appearance. 
SHOES AND SLIPPERS. The Wood Anemone, 
Anemone nemorosa (Pawlett). 
SHOES AND Socks. The Columbine, Aquilegia 
vulgaris. 
SHOES AND STOCKINGS. (1) Bird’sfoot Trefoil, 
Lotus corniculatus. 
(2) The Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. 
(3) The White Dead Nettle, Lamium album 
(Frome). 
(4) The Polyanthus. 
(5) The Wild Pansy or Heartsease, Viola 
arvensis (Merriott). 
(6) <A school-girl at Higher Horton gives me 
this as a local name for the Lamb’s Tongue 
Plantain, Plantago media. 
SICKLE Wort. (1) Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris, 
from the shape of its flowers, which seen in profile 
resemble a sickle. 
(2) Common Bugle, Ajuga reptans. See 
CARPENTER’S HERB. 
SILGREEN. The MHouse-leek, Sempervivum 
tectorum. See SELGREEN. 
SILKS AND SATINS. Honesty, Lunaria biennis, 
Sinxy Fiossy. A Wells lady gives me this 
as alocal name for the Salpiglossis ; apparently 
a corruption of, or play upon, the true name. 
Sinky FLower. The blossom of the Pear, 
Pyrus communis (school-girls at Paulton). 
SILVER BALL. Guelder Rose, Vibernum Opulus 
(Clevedon). 
SILVER BreLuts. (1) The double Guelder Rose 
of gardens (Cherhili, Wilts). More commonly 
called SNOWBALLS. 
(2) A school-girl at Pauiton gives me this asa 
local name for the Wood Anemone, Anemone 
nemorosa. 
SILveR Dock. Miss M. J. Shute, late of Oare, 
gives me this as a local name for the Bistort, 
Polygonum Bistorta. 
SILVER LEAVES. (1) The Silver Weed, Poten- 
tilla Anserina. 
(2) The Woolly Woundwort, Siachys lanata 
(a sehool-girl at Wellington). 
