By J. IK Powell, 31. A. 



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A bit of history is seen in the name " Danes' Blood 33 for Dwarf 

 Elder. "It is popularly believed to grow only on the ancient 

 battlefields, and to have sprung originally from the blood of the 

 slain Danes." There is also, .we believe, a kind of kidney-bean 

 called Waterloo bean : it comes up with red stains on the leaves, 

 and is thought to refer to bloodshed, just as there is the common 

 name for the dark red Wallflower — Bloody Warrior. The next 

 article shows how the memory of the Danes survived in the western 

 part of the county. At Kingston Deverill, which is within sight 

 of Alfred's Tower at Stourton, a red-haired man will still be known 

 as a " Dane," or " Daner " ; and it is worth noticing that a bottom 

 in this parish is called " Danes' Bottom." 



The following names may go together : — " Mice's-mouths," 

 " Snakes' victuals 33 (negant dulces serpentibus aequo Ferre cibum ; 

 Virgil, Georgic ii.) ; " Eabbit-nower," " Cuckoo's bread and 

 cheese," " Codlins and cream," "Golden chain," "Shepherd's 

 weather-glass," all " smell of a very rich summer." 



Miscellaneous flower-names are : — " Blind man," " Creeping 

 Jack," "Creeping Jenny," "Daddy's whiskers," "Farewell sum- 

 mer," " Jack go to bed at noon," " Naked Nanny," " Old man's 

 beard," " Old woman's pin-cushion," " Peace and plenty," " Pots 

 and kettles," " Granny's nightcap," all of which will be found in 

 their places, although some of them are not confined to this dialect, 

 but are familiar. 



3. — Words exact and useful. 



The modern written language cannot, without sacrificing neatness, 

 give the exact shade of expression which some of the following 

 words convey. " Moreish," " nanimet," " lie-body," are awkwardly 

 represented by " making the eater wish to have more," " preliminary 

 luncheon," " woman of masculine appearance " ; " stour " is neater 

 than " confusion," " charm " than " confused noise," of birds, Polk, 

 or bells ; " dout 33 than " put out," or " extinguish," kk worsen." than 

 "grow worse." tk I can go no-whither, ,, said an old man to me 

 the other day. What living writer would have been so correct ? 

 Under this head would also come those words which give aeturaoy 



