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P. padus — Bird cherry. Gaelic : craobh f/iiodhag, from Jiodh, 

 wood, timber • fiodhach, a shrubbery. 



P. avium — Wild cherry. Gaelic : gea/iais, the gean. French : 

 g!/ig/ie, from a German root. 



Amydalus communis— Almond. Gaelic : amo/i, ciio ghrcugach, 

 Greek nut. 



A. persica — Peach. Gaelic : pcitseag, from the English. 



Spiraea ulmaria — Meadow - sweet, queen of the meadow. 

 Gaelic : crios (or cneas) Chu-chidainny The plant called " My 

 lady's belt" (M'Kenzie). "A flower mentioned by M'Donald 

 in his poem '■Alt an t-siucair' \v\\\\ the English of which I am 

 not acquainted" (Armstrong). 



It is not mentioned in the poem referred to, but in " Oran an't 

 Sain/iraid/i " — The Summer Song. 



" S'ciiraiclli faileadh do mhuineil 



A chrios-Chh-Chiilaiiin nan cam ! 

 Na d' chruinn bliabaidean riabhach, 



Lòineach, fhad luirgneach, sgiamhacli. 

 Na d' thuim ghiobagach, dreach mliin, 



Bharr-bhiudhe, chasurlaich, àird; 

 Timcheall thulmanan diamhair 

 Ma'ni bi 'm biadh-ionain a fà.s. " — M'Donald. 



Sweetly scented thy wreath, 

 Meadcnv-nveet of the cairns ! 

 In round brindled chisters, 

 And softly fringed tresses, 

 Beautiful, tall, and graceful. 

 Creamy flowered, ringleted, high ; 

 Around sheltered hillocks 

 Where the wood-sorrel grows. 



Welsh : llysiii'r fonoyn, the maiden's flower. 



S. filipendula — Dropwort. Gaelic and Irish : greahan — prob- 

 ably from greadh, to prepare food. 



" A g)vad na cuilm." — OssiAN. 

 Preparing the feast. 



Linnaeus informs us that, " in a scarcity of corn the tubers have 

 been eaten by men instead of food." Or from greach, a nut. 

 Welsh : crogcdyf, — crogi, to suspend. The tuberous roots are sus- 

 pended on filaments; hence the namQ?, Jilipcndu/a and dropivort. 



^ CÙ chullin's belt. Ciichullin was tlie most famous champion of the 

 Ulster militia in the old Milesian times. He lived at the dawn of the 

 Christian era. He was so called from Cu, a hound, and Ulliii, the name of 

 the province. Many stories are still extant regarding him. 



