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»lants which are poisonous, or supposed to be 
poisonous; particularly those of :— 
(1). The Wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, Arum 
maculatum. 
(2) The Stinking Iris, Iris foetidissima. 
(3) The Black Bryony, Tamus communis. 
(4) Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet, Solanum 
Duleamara. “ Snake’s Food” is a variation of 
ADDER’S Foop (which see), which is a corruption 
of the Anglo Saxon attar - poison. 
(5) Broad-leaved Garlic, Allium ursinum 
(Stratton-on-the-Fosse). 
(6) The Butterbur, Petasites ovatus (school- 
boys at Axbridge). 
(7) Comfrey, Symphytum officinale (a school- 
git] at Wincanton). 
(8) Dog’s Mercury, Mercurialis perennis (Oke- 
ford Fitzpaine, Dorset). 
(9) Yellow Toadfiax, Linaria vulgaris (Stick- 
land, Dorset). 
SNAKE’S Foot. The School-mistress at Bab- 
cary gives me this as a local name for the 
“* Dragon-wort,” which is an old name for the 
Bistort or Snake-weed, Polygonum Bistorta. 
SNAKE'S GRAss. Common Yarrow or Milfoil, 
Achillea Miilefolium (Iwerne Minster, Dorset). 
SNAKES HEAD. (1) A general name for the 
Common Fritillary, Fritillaria Meleagris. 
(2) The Common Tormentil, Potentilla erecta 
(S.W. Wilts). 
SNAKES’ MHAT. (1) Mr. W.S. Price (Welling- 
ton) writes: “ SNAKES’ MEaT is more often used 
in this locality than ADDERS’ Foop to designate 
poisonous berries, and is specially used for the 
berries of the Bryony or the seeds of the Arum.” 
It is also applied to the other berries mentioned 
under SNAKE’S Foop. 
(2) A correspondent at South Molton gives me 
this as a local name for the Self-heal, Prunella 
vulgaris. 
(3) Cow-parsnip or Hog-weed, Her 
Sphondylium (school-children a Alfington, pit 
SNAKE’S RHUBARB. A Dorset name for 
(1) The Butterbur, Petasites ovatus. 
(2) The Burdock, Arctium minus. 
SNAKE’S VIcTUALS. Cuckoo-pint, Arum 
maculatum (Evershot, and Wilts: “Great 
Estate,” ch. 2). 
SNAKE ToNGUE. The Hart’s-tongue Fern 
Phyllitis Scolopendrium (Upottery, Devon). ¢ 
SNAKE-WEED. (1) A general English name 
for the Common Bistort, Polygonum Bistorta. 
(2) Common Knot-grass, Polygonum aviculare 
(Allerford). 
(3) The Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Wincanton). 
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