DORSETSHIRE FOLK-SPEECH AND SUPERSTITIONS. 3o 



ffoss-tongue : The hart's-tongue fern (scolopendrium vulgare). 



Hud (Hood] : The hull or legume. 



Ingle-dog : An earthworm (Marshwood). 



Jack-in-the-Green : The polyanthus (primula variabilis). 



Jilloffer : The gilliflower or stocks (the cheiranthus cheiri and 

 matthiola incana). 



Jobbler : The wheatear. 



Keiif : The waste of short straws, &c., in threshing (? chaff). 



Kecks (Kex) : The dead stalk of hemlock or cow-parsley (see 

 C ax-head). 



Keys : The seed vessels of the sycamore and maple. 



Kid : A pod or legume (e.g., a bean-kid ; a pea-kid). 



Kiss-me-quick : The red valerian (valeriana ntbra) ; called in 

 other counties Pretty Betsy. 



Kitty-coot : Tne water-rail (see SJcitty). 



Knap : The yet unopened floAver-head of the potato and some 

 other plants. 



Lag-wood : The large sticks from the head of a tree ripped of 

 bark. The smaller ones are called " rundlewood," q.v. 



Lam'* grass : Spring grass ; early grass, as distinguished from 

 eegrass. 



Lavers (Lerers : Livers) : The great yellow flag or its leaves 

 (Iris pseudacorus). 



Leadi/s-cusltion : The thrift (armeria vulgaris) [Portland]. 



Life-of-man : See Moses-in-the-bulmsJies. 



Lily : If there are six blossoms on most of the spikes of the 

 white garden-lily (candidiim) the price of wheat will be six shillings 

 per bushel ; and so forth. The same calculation is made from the 

 number of spots on the lady-bird's wings. 



Loup : A kind of sea-louse, somewhat like a wood-louse, which, 

 in warm summer weather, eats the bait which fishermen set in 

 lobster pots. The late Rev. Canon Bingham is my authority for 

 the statement that nine lice (not wood-lice, but the ordinary species) 

 eaten upon a piece of bread and butter is a sovereign remedy for 

 jaundice, and he further stated that upon enquiry he found that 



