88 POPULAR NAMES 



crops ; on which occasions, says Bishop Kennett, " the 

 maids made garlands of it and used them in those solemn 

 processions." So also Gerarde, 1st ed. p. 450. It was for 

 the same reason called Cross-, Rogation-, and Procession- 

 flower. Polygala vulgaris, L. 



GARAVANCE, the chick-pea, or gram, Sp. garavanzo, 

 Bask, garau, corn, and anzua, dry (Diez), 



Cicer arietinum, L. 



GARLICK, A.S. gar, a spear, and leac, plant, from its 

 tapering acute leaves ; or from the nutritive and stimulant 

 qualities ascribed to it by the ancient northern poets as 

 being the " war plant," Allium sativum, L. 



GARLICK-WORT, from its smell, 



Erysimum Alliaria, L. 



GARNET-BERRY, the red currant, from its rich red colour 

 and transparency, Ribes rubrum, L. 



GATTER, GATTEN, GADRISE, or GATTERIDGE, names of 

 several hedgerow trees and shrubs, as the spindle, the 

 cornel, and wild Guelder-rose, Evonymus europseus, 

 Cornus sanguinea, and Viburnum Opulus, L. 

 derived, respectively, Gatter, in Chaucer Gaitre, from A.S. 

 gad, a goad, and ter i.e. treow, tree ; Gatten, from, gad, and 

 tan, twig ; Gadrise, from gad and kris, a rod, Da. and Du. 

 riis, a shrub, and Gatteridge, Fr. verge sanguine, from 

 gaitre rouge, in reference to the red colour of the twigs and 

 autumnal foliage of the spindle and cornel tree. Gad is 

 still used in our Western counties for a picked stick in the 

 term spar-gad, a stick pointed at both ends to spar or 

 fasten down thatch. 



GAZLES, in Sussex and Kent, the black currant, ap- 

 parently corrupted from Fr. groseilles, 



Ribes nigrum, L. 



GEAN, the wild cherry, fr.guisne, Pol. wisn, Boh. wissne, 

 in European Turkey wischna, Wai. visini, M.Gr. fiurivos, 

 the two last words being identical with the Slavonian, as 



