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the afternoon, was the noon of the ancients). Manx : neaynin* 

 Welsh : llygad y dydd, the eye of the day (Daisy). 



" San nebinean beag's mo lamh air cluain." — Miann A Bhaird Aosda.. 

 And the little daisy surrounding my hillock. 



Buidheag (in Perthshire), the little yellow one. 



" Geibh sinn a' bhuidheag 'san 16n." — Old Song. 

 We shall find the daisy in the meadow. 



It was the belief, of the Celtic people that when an infant was 

 taken away from earth a flower — the daisy — was sent. Malvina 

 lost her infant son, and was inconsolable, sat brooding lonely, and 

 would not look out even upon the sunshine. At length some of 

 her attendants returned from a journey full of something new. 

 They found the sorrowing mother sitting like a statue. " Oh, 

 Malvina ! your infant has come back — a wondrous new flower has- 

 come to earth — white are its leaves near the heart, but nearer the 

 edges tinged with pink or crimson like an infant's flesh. When 

 the wind waves it on the hillside, you might say that there an 

 infant in play moves from side to side. Oh, Malvina ! come>- 

 come and see it.'' And Malvina rose and looked upon the flower 

 — a daisy — and no more mourned, saying, "This flower is 

 Malvina's son returned, will comfort all mothers that have lost 

 their infants." 



Chrysanthemum segetum — Corn - marigold. Gaelic: bile 

 buidhe, the yellow blossom. Bileach coigreach, the stranger or 

 foreigner. Irish: Bilich chuige. Liathan, lia, the hoary grey 

 one (from Greek Aaos ; Welsh : llwyd), on account of the light- 

 grey appearance of the plant, expressed botanically by the term 

 glaucous. Manx: Castag vuigh. Lus airh, gold flower, the flower 

 being yellow. An dithean bir, the golden flower, or chrysan- 

 themum (xpv<ros, gold ; <xv0os, a flower). 



" Mar mhln-chloch nan br dhtihean beag." 

 Like the tender breast of the little marigold. 



"Do dhlthean lurach, luaineach, 

 Mar thuairneagan de'n or." 

 Thy lovely marigolds like waving cups of gold. 



"Dtthean" is frequently used in a general sense for "flower," also- 

 for "darnel." 



" Tir nan dtthean miadar daite." 

 Land of flowers, meadow dyed. 

 " D\thean nan gleann." 

 The flowers of the valley. 



Welsh : gold mair, marigold. Irish : buafanan buidhe, the yellow 



