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SCIENCE- G OSSIP. 



FlACAL LEOGAIX. fiacal, •• a tooth " : leogain, " re- 

 lating to lion.'' CASTBARBAK xa muic. -too 

 bitter to please a pig." Taraxacum officinale- and 

 T. dens-leonis. " dandelion." 



Yaccexiaceae. 



Braigleog. Braoilleog. Fracog. frac. 

 ••bleakness." Fraocaix. Crax fraocaix. Vac- 

 einium viyrtillus. bilberry. 



Ericaceae. 



FUAOC. rage. Calhma. Erica, grig-ling. 



Primelaceae. 



Baen'E-bo-bleact. all words refer to " cow's 

 milk." Seicgeirgex. Seicearbax. " sour sorrel." 

 Seicelrgix. Meiseax or Lus xa muiseax. 

 niuisean. -primrose/" Primula, vulgaris, prim- 

 rose. 



Baixe-bo-buede. ■• yellow cow's milk." Primula 

 veris. cowslip. 



Falcaire eiodaix or Falcaire FEAIR. fi.0- 

 dain. "a witness": fuair. -found"; falcaire, 

 " scoffer," hence " scoffing witness/' Reex retse, 

 ■• wayside grass." AnagalUs arrensis. male pim- 

 pernel. 



Les coltjimcille. -St. Columcille'sherb.'' Lus 

 siotcaext. siotcaint. " peace " ; " peace plant." 

 Seamar metre. -lady's trefoil." Zy.rimachia 

 nemorum. yellow loosestrife. 



Oleaceae. 



Crax fitxseax. Crax feixseog. Crax 

 fefxse, or these words without cran stand for ash. 

 Feixseog coille. coille, -a wood." Niu>~ or 

 Xiox. letter X. Uixseax. Cf. fuinsean really 

 same word. Fraximus excelsior, ash. 



Gextiaxeae. 



Dreimire muire. " virgin's ladder." Erythraea 

 centaurium. centaury 



Lus AX" CREBAix. cruban, " crabfish " ; crubaim, 

 ■■ I bend." Ceadarlac. Gentiana campestris. 

 gentian. 



Deaga beide. deaga, " brig," '-chafer," -yellow 

 chafer." Dreimire bode. "yellow-ladder." 

 (Jdora perfoliate., yellow centaury, or yellow 

 wort. 



Pacarax - capeee. pacaire, "pedlar." Poxaere 

 capeel. Poxaire cerraig. Ponaire, "beans," 

 Heb. pol ; capull, -a horse"; corrac and curraig. 

 -marsh"; therefore -horse or marsh beans." 

 Poxra cerraig. Para capeil. Cf. ante. Meny- 

 anthes trifoliata. buckbean. 



BORAGIXEAE. 



Barraiste. possibly derived from borrac. 

 - branches of trees," or borrad, -a swelling," both 

 being suggested Bog-glas. Borago officinalis. 

 borage. 



Boglas. Eagles. Bolg-les. bolg, - cow." bog, 

 "soft." lus, "plant." Lyeopsis o/rcensis. bugloss. 



Teaxga cox. teanga, -tongue"; con, gen. 

 of cu, "hound." Cy/wglomim officinale, hounds- 

 tongue. 



LES mide or Les miola. mide. "a neck." Co. 

 Meath. ; miol. any low animal ; therefore we get 

 " the neck plant " or " scorpion herb." Gotarae. 

 .Myosotis arvensis. scorpion grass, forget-me-not. 



LUS XA CHAM BRISTE, Or LES XA CAXAB BRISTE. 



cnam, " a bone " ; brisde, " broken " ; " the plant for 

 a broken bone." Symphytum officinale, comfrey. 



SOLAXACEAE. 



Caoc-xa-cearc. caoc. "blasted." cearc, "hen" ; 

 "hen blast." Gaffax. Cloc. "cloak," "pall." 

 " pupil of eye," and henbane itself. Deoda. deoe, 

 "drink." Hyoscyamas niger. henbane. 



Dreimire gorm. Feat gorm. Slatgorm. 

 dreimire, "ladder"; gorm, "blue"; fuat, " hatred "; 

 slat, "a switch" ; hence, "blue ladder or switch," 

 "blue hatred." MlOG beide. aIiotog beide. 

 miog. " smile "; miotog, " bite "; " yellow smile, or 

 bite." Solanum dulcamara,, woody nightshade. 



C'OXVOLVELACEAE. 

 Cexac. Cuscuta epilinum. dodder. 



SCROPHELARIXAE. 



Biolar eisqe. Biolar MEIRE. - river cresses." 

 'lady's cresses." Local mot air. loc, "a lake"; 

 motair. " tuft.'" Veronica, oeceabunga. brooklime. 



Fualactar. Veronica serpyllifolia. Paul's 

 betony. thyme-leaved speedwell. 



Ax ulac. Ealcah axolerac. Veronica cho- 

 maedrys. wild germander. 



Lescre. ere. "keel," "earth." Seamar cre. 

 keeled trefoil. Veronica officinalis, fluellin. 



Ceixeal meire. cuinead, "mourning." -with 

 mourning candles are associated, hence " women's 

 candles." Vcrbascum tliapsaa. hag's taper, crow's 

 lungwort. 



Dex" les. "fortress or hill plant." Fotrem. 

 Farac deb. farac, •■ a mallet," - beetle." Les 

 xa ecxapax". dim. of cnap. -knot"; -plant of 

 little knots." Scroph ularia nodosa, kernelwort. 

 rose-noble in Co. Tipperary. 



Boloax beic. bolgan. "a little bag" ; beic, " bee " 

 •• little bee-bag." Mearaeax siotaix or Meareaax 

 xa mixa stge. " fairy hillocks " or " fairy finger- 

 ings." Siotaix sleebe. Siax sleibe. siotain, 

 "fairy," - fairy mounts." Digitalis purpurea, fox- 

 glove. 



Caoimix. Lix radarc. lin, - eye " ; radarc, 

 " sight." Lesxa leac. leac, " a flag-stone." Eaix 

 ax RUISG. rain, - point of anything " ; ruisg, gen. 

 of rorg, -eye"; "eye-spark." Eeisx'ix" raidre. 

 Lix" raidre. Glax retse, all mean much the 

 same — -little path, or eye ray," "wayside smile." 

 Raemix raidre. "little field ray." Euphrasia 

 officinalis, eyebright. 



(To be continued.') 



