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VERNACULAR NAMES ~ IN NORTH saciaseeceaaiay 
Jo Js. BURTON, 
Rosecroft, ie wie KS.0.5 Siar Ug 
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[ HAve been greatly interested in 1 the articles and notes which: 
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country is being planed down scholastically to the dead level of 
Whitehall requirements, and many names expressive of charac- 
fostered by the improved means of inter-communication between 
town and country as well as between different rural districts, is 
also slowly but surely destroying that distinctly local flavour in 
the manners, customs, and language of the last generation of 
country fol 
To aid in the preservation of such local names as still exist 
I would like to add a few to those which have already appeared, 
as well as give some variants of the same. 
_In the Rev. W. C, Hey’s list he says he has not found any 
hame for the Elm. In some parts near York this tree is always 
called ‘Oam,’ with a full round sound. The Bramble is known | 
as ‘Bummelkite.’ The Cow Parsnip is in its young, leafy state 
called ‘Kelks,’ and when in flower ‘Humlocks.’ | It is very 
curious how widespread is the practice of using the common ' 
name of the Elder adjectively. The wood, flower, and fruit are’ 
used for many purposes, but I cannot recall ever having heard 
the word ‘ Bottery’ used alone. 
The fruit of the Hawthorn is ‘Cathaw,’ and that of the Dog 
Rose, ‘Chub.’ Acorns are ‘Yakruns.’ Omonts arvensis is 
only known as ‘Cat-Whin,’ and Cardamine pratensis as ‘ Bird 
Eye.’ Anthemis cotula and Matricaria chamomilla are called ee 
‘Dog-finkle.’ Papaver Rheas is ‘ Cockrose,’ and Lychnis Githago 
is ‘Popple.’ The Meadow Orchis is ‘Crowsfo ot,’ Lotus cornt- 
culatus ‘ Bird’s-foot,’ and Tussilago Farfara ‘ Calf’s-foot ’—else- 
where ‘ Colt’s-foot.’ e Arum is desu only as ‘Cows and 
Calves,’ and the Yellow Iris as ‘Segs.’ Brassica sinapis is 
‘Ketlock’ near York and ‘ Runch’ in Cleveland. The fruit of 
