strong, string-like roots that arrest the harrow or plough, requiring 

 three times the strength to pull. Does that fact explain the Irish 

 names tri — -three, but trian, the third, and in our Gaelic tar- 

 ruing, pull, draw? 



Trigonella ornithopodioides — Fenugreek, Greek hay. Gaelic : 

 ionntag-Ghreugach (Armstrong) j Fineal Ghreugach, Greek nettle ; 

 trubh-eMn, birds' shoe. Welsh : y Groeg gwair, Greek hay. 

 Used as an emolient for sores and wounds for horses and other 

 animals. 



Trifolium repens — White or Dutch clover. Gaelic and Irish: 

 seamar bhan, the fair gentle one (see Oxalis); written also sameir, 

 siomrag, seamrag, seamrog. Wood-sorrel and clover are often con- 

 founded, but seamar than is invariable for white clover, and for 

 Trifolium procumbens, hop trefoil, seamhrag bhuidhe, yellow 

 clover. Manx : Samark. 



"Gach saimeir neonean 's masag." — Macdonald. 



Every clover, daisy, and berry. 

 ' ' An t-seamrag uaine 's barr-gheal gruag, 



A's buidheann chuachach neoinean." — Maclachlan. 



The green white-headed clover, 



And clusters of cupped daisies. 



The badge of Clan Sinclair. 



T. pratense — Red clover. Gaelic : seamar a' chapuill, the mare's 

 clover. Capull, from Greek Kay8aAA?;s, a work-horse. Latin: 

 caballus, a horse. Tri-bilean, trefoil, three-leaved. Welsh: 

 tairdalen, the same meaning. Meillonem, honeywort, from mel, 

 honey. Gaelic: sugag, Scotch sookie, the bloom of clover, so 

 called because it contains honey, and children suck it. Seirg 

 (O'Reilly). Being more sappy, therefore more difficult to 

 dry and preserve, may have suggested the name seirg, decay. 



Alpestre and T. minus— Small yellow clover. Gaelic : seangan, 

 small, slender. 



T. arvense— Hare's-foot clover. Gaelic: cas maighicke (Arm- 

 strong), hare's foot. 



Lotus corniculata— Bird's-foot trefoil. Gaelic: barra mhis- 

 lean—barra, top or flower; mislean, anything that springs or 

 grows. Irish: cruibin, claws. (See Cranberry). Manx: crouw- 

 kayt. Scotch: cat-dukis, cat's claws. Adharc an diabhoil, mean- 



