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 Ranunculus flammula — Glas leun, spear wort. Grows near the 

 margins of lakes and boggy places. Its stalks are procumbent at 

 the base, but branch directly. Its leaves are somewhat narrow 

 and spear-like, but vary according to habitat. The flowers are 

 yellow, but smaller than most of the buttercups. It is very acrid 

 and caustic, therefore used for raising blisters. According to 

 the Irish Journal, " Cam an ime " — buttercup. " Seamair 

 Mhuire'' is also in some places given to the buttercup, but 

 O'Reilly and others apply it to the yellow pimpernel (see p. 81). 



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 Chelidonium majus — Common celandine. Aonsgoch — /us y 

 ghollan gheayee (Manx). The large celandine. These names, 

 meaning the swallow herb, " because (as Plinie writeth) it was 

 found out by swallows, and hath healed the eyes and restored 

 sight to their young ones, that have had harme in their eyes or 

 have bene blinde." — Lyte. 



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 Capsella bursa-pastoris — Shepherd's purse. Clappede-pouch. A 

 mongrel name given in some parts of Ireland to the shepherd's 

 purse. Dr. Prior says the name was given to the plant in allusion 

 to the licensed begging of lepers, who stood at crossways with a 

 bell and clapper, by which they called the attention of the 

 passers-by, and receive their alms in a cup, at the end of a long 

 pole. These "rattle pouches'' suggested the name to the plant, 

 on account of the little purses it hangs out at the wayside. The 

 seed vessels are like little pouches or purses. 



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 Armoracia rusticana — Horse radish. Racadal. There is a 

 great similarity between this Gaelic name and the Saxon and 

 Scottish names. Turner has the following : — " This kind groweth 

 in Morpeth, .Northumberland, and there it is called Redco. It 

 should be called after the old Saxon Englishe Rettihcol, that is 

 Radishe colle.'' Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary has Redcoal and 

 Redcoll. 



