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of the plant, which, by its purgative and cleansing power, removes 

 obstructions of the liver, kidneys, &c. Fakaire fuar — falcaire 

 also means a reaper, and juar, cold ; fuaradh, to cool, a weather- 

 gauge The reaper's weather-gauge, because it points out the 

 decrease of temperature by its hygrometrical properties — when 

 there is moisture the flower does not open. Loisgean (Macdonald), 

 from loisg, to put in flame, on account of its fiery appearance. 

 Ruinn ruise (O'Reilly). Ruinti means sex, and by pre-eminence 

 the " male ;" ruise is the genitive case of ros. It is still called the 

 male pimpernel in some places. The distilled water or juice of 

 this plant was much esteemed formerly for cleansing the skin. 



Plumisaginaceje. 

 Armaria maritima — Thrift. Gaelic : tonn a' chladaich (Arm- 

 strong), the " beach-wave," frequent on the sea-shore, banks of 

 rivers, and even on the Grampian tops. Barr-dearg, red top, from 

 its pink flower. Neoinean cladaich, the beach dais)', from cladach, 

 shore, beach, sandy plain. 



Plantaginace^:. 



Plantago major — Greater plaintain. Gaelic and Irish : cuach 

 Phadraig, Patrick's bowl or cup — in some places cruach Phadraig, 

 Patrick's heap or hill. Welsh : llydain y fford, spread on the way. 

 Manx : duillag ny cabbag Pharic, Patrick's docken leaf. 



P. lanceolata — Ribwort. Gaelic and Irish : slan lus, the heal- 

 ing plant. 



" Le meilbheig, le neoinean 's le slan-lus." — Macleod. 

 With poppy, daisy, and rib-wort. 

 Lus an t-slanuchaidh {Jus, a wort, a plant-herb, chiefly used for 

 plant; it signifies also power, force, efficacy; slanuchaidh, a par- 

 ticipial noun from slan ; Latin, sanus), the herb of the healing,. 

 or healing power ; a famous healing plant in olden times. 

 Manx : slaan lus. Deideag. Irish : deideog (ag and bg, young, 

 diminutive terminations; deid, literally deud or deid, a tooth), 

 applied to the row of teeth, and also to the nipple (Gaelic : diddi; 

 English : titty), because like a tooth, hence to a plaything, — play r 

 gewgaw, bo-peep, a common word with nurses. 



" B'iad sid an geiltre gle ghrinn. 

 Cinn dHdeagan measg febir," etc. — Macdonald. 

 Scenes of startling beauty, 

 Plaintain-heads among the grass, etc. 



