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SpDg na cubhaig ( Viola tricolor)— Pansy, heart's-ease ; mean- 

 ing the cuckoo's claw. 



Spriunan {Ribes 7iigrHm and rubrum) — Currants. 



Straif {Prirnns spi?iosa) — Sloe. 



Sreang thrian {^Ononis arvensis) — Rest-harrow. 



Staoin i^Nepeta glechonid) — Also applied to ground -ivy in 

 some places, as well as to juniper. 



Subh nam ban sithe [Riibiis saxatiiis) — Stone-bramble ; the 

 fairy-woman's strawberry. 



Toir-pin i^Sempervivum tectoruni) — House-leek ; probably the 

 same as tirpin (see page 27). 



Traithnin {Geii?n urbaiium) — Geum. 



Treabhach (Barbarca vulgaris) — Winter cress.' Treab/i, a tribe, 

 a village. 



Truim crann {Sambucus niger) — Elder, corruption from druni 

 (see page 34). 



Tuile t\idlm)i2^mii(Rafiimculiis bulbosus) — Tuile^ a water-course. 



Tuimpe — Turnip. 



N O r E S. 



Page 6. 

 Nasturtium officinalis — Water-cress. A curious old super- 

 stition respecting the power of this plant as a charm to facilitate 

 milk-stealing was common in Scotland and Ireland. " Not long 

 ago, an old woman was found, on a May morning, at a spring- 

 well cutting the tops of water-cresses with a pair of scissors,'mut- 

 tering strange words, and the names of certain persons who had 

 cows, also the words, " S' liomsa leath do choud sa" (half thine 

 is mine). She repeated these words as often as she cut a sprig, 

 which personated the individual she intended to rob of his milk 

 and cream." " Some women make use of the root of groundsel 

 as an amulet against such charms, by putting it amongst the 

 cream." — Martin. Aniong the poorer classes, water -cress 

 formed a most important auxiliary to their ordinary food. " If 

 they found a plot of water-cresses or Shamrock, there they 

 flocked as to a feast for the time." — Spencer. 



Page 8. 

 Drosera rotundifolia — Sun-dew. Ltis iia fearnaich. ^^ Ear- 

 nach " was the name given to a distemper among cattle, caused. 



