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Irish : ciicumhar- (O'Reilly), cucumber, said to be derived from 

 the Celtic word cue (Gaelic, cuach), a hollow thing. In some 

 species the rind becomes hard when dried, and is used as a cup. 

 Latin : cucurbtta, a derivative from the Celtic. (See Loudon.) 

 Welsh : chwerw ddwfr = water-sour. 



Cucumis melo — Melon. Gaelic and Irish : meal-bhuc, from 

 mel or ifial (Greek, fjceXov, an apple), and bi/c, size, bulk. Ac- 

 cording to Brockie, " mealbhucain (plural), round fruit covered 

 with warts or pimples." Mileog, a small melon. 



Urticace^. 

 Urtica — A word formed from Latin : uro, to burn. 



Jjrens I — ^q^^\q (Anglo-Saxon, 7ia^dl, a needle). Gaelic 



and Irish : fea?intag, neafjdog^ deanntag, iontag, iuntag (from 

 feannfa, flayed, pierced, pinched— /^^/z;?, to flay, on account of 

 its blistering effects on the skin ; ang, a sting ; iotjgfja, nails). 

 Latin : ungues. 



* * Sealbhaichidh an t' ionntagach." — HoSEA. 

 The nettles shall possess them. 



To this day it is boiled in the Highlands and in Ireland by 

 the country people in the spring-time. Till tea became the 

 fashion, nettles were boiled in meal, and made capital food. 

 Caol-fail — caol, slender; fal^ spite, malice. In the Hebrides 

 often called sj-adag (a spark), from the sensation (like that from 

 a fiery spark) consequent upon touching. (Stuart.) 



Cannabis sativa — Hemp. Gaelic and Irish : eajjieab, the 

 same as cannabis, and said to be originally derived from Celtic, 

 caft, white ; but the plant has been known to the Arabs from 

 time immemorial under the name Q)i quaneb. Corcach, hemp. 



"Buill do' n chaol chbi'caidh.^'' — M 'Donald. 

 Tackling of hempen ropes. 



Welsh : cynarch. 



Parietaria officinalis — Wall pellitory. Gaelic and Irish : 

 his a bhallaidh, from balladh (Latin, vallum ; Irish, balla), sl 

 wall. A weed which is frequently found on or beside old walls 

 or rubbish heaps, hence the generic name "parietaria," from 



^ '■'■ Neandog, the common name for it in Ireland. In feminine nouns, the' 

 first consonant (letter) after the article «« (the) is softened in sound. 'An 

 feanntag' — 'f when affected loses its sound, and * N ' is sounded instead: 

 'N (f)eantog.'" — Canon Bourke. 



