32 DORSETSHIRE FOLK-SPEECH AND SUPERSTITIONS. 



[Note in Glossary, p. 58. " Children will often catch this 

 insect, and, as Howitt says, children do in Germany, put it on the 

 tip of a finger repeating : 



" Leady-bird ! leady-bird ! vlee away hwome ; 

 Your house is a-vire, your childern wull burn."]* 



The number of spots on a lady-bird's wing is sometimes taken to 

 foretell the price of wheat, each spot representing a shilling per 

 bushel, and so on. 



Golden-chain : The laburnum (cytisus laburnum). 



Golden-drop : A variety of wheat. 



Goose : It is generally believed that if geese fly up hill it 

 foretells fine weather. If they fly down hill the reverse may be 

 expected. 



Grab : The crab-apple. 



Grabstock : A young crab-tree, or the cutting of one. 



Grammer-greygle : The blue-bell, or rather the wild hyacinth 

 (hyacinthus non scriptus). 



Gribble : A young crab-tree or black thorn ; or a knotty 

 walking stick made of it. 



Hails (Hayels) : Haws ; the fruit of the hawthorn (see Bird- 

 pears). 



Hairy-palmer : A caterpillar. Also the palmer-worm. 



Hame (Haulm) : The hollow stalks of plants (e.g., bean-hame ; 

 peais-hame ; teatys-hame). 



Hart-berry : The whortle-berry ; bilbery (vaccinium). 



Harvest-man : The crane-fly or daddy-long-legs (tipula oleracea). 



Hasketts : Hazel and maple bushes ; brushwood. 



Hassock (Hassick) : A tuft of sedge. 



Hav : The spikelet of the oat (avena saliva). 



Haves (Heps) : The fruit of the wild rose the dog-rose (rosa 

 canina) and other species. 



Hay-maiden : A wild flower or plant of the mint tribe ; ground 

 ivy (glecoma Jiederacea), used for making a medicinal liquor called 

 " hay-maiden tea." 



* Conf. Spanish version there given. 



