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It was even given to cows suffering 

 with dysentery ! 



Do you know a little plant with a 

 tiny yellow blossom, which grows 

 wild in our fields and which is 

 called celandine or swallow wort? 

 It appears in the spring with the 

 . swallows, and it withers at their 

 departure, hence its name 

 which means "swallow" in 

 the Greek language. Spanish 

 folk say that this herb cannot 

 be seen by human eyes, being 

 visible only to the swallows. But 

 our poets have surely looked upon 

 its bright sunny blossom, else how 

 could one have sung : — 



There's a flower that shall be mine, 

 'Tis the little celandine. 



. . . The thrifty cottager 

 Who stirs little out of doors, 

 Joys to spy thee near at home ; 

 Spring is coming, thou art come '• 



CAM. SW. BK. 10 



