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Lucky Hands {Notts., Rutl.), or St. John’s Hands (Riitl). Nephro- 
dium Filix-rnas, Eich. — A correspondent gives us these names as 
being in actual use in the counties indicated above ; but some mistake 
may possibly have arisen, as we find them in a translated extract 
from Scbkuhr given in Newman’s British Ferns, p. 199 (1844) : 
‘ Formerly this fern and its root were applied to many superstitious 
uses, since divers vagabonds prepared from the latter, together with 
its young incurved and yet unexpanded fronds, the so-called Lucky 
or St. John’s hands, which they sold to ignorant and credulous people, 
both in town and country, as preservatives against witchcraft and 
enchantment.’ 
Lucky Minnie’s Lines. Chorda jilum, Lam. — Highlands. 
Lug. Iris Pseudacorus, L. — ‘Angli pro varietate soli et regionis 
varie nominant, Northumbrienses a seg, elienses et in palustribus 
locis propter Eliam a lug.’ Turn. Lib. 
Lujula. Oxalis Acetosella, L. — Prior, p. 139. See Alleluia (2). 
Lumper-scrump, or Limper-scrimp. Heradeum Sphondylium, L. — 
Som. 
Lunary. (1) Botrychium Lunaria, L. — Turn. Herb. Hal. Wr. 
Prior, p. 139. 
(2) Lunaria hiennis, L.-— A mere anglicising of Lunaria, of which 
name Parkinson says (Theatr. p. 508) ‘there are so many herbes 
called by the name of Lunaria that it would make any man wonder 
how so many should be called.’ 
Lung-flower. Gentiana Pneumonanthe, L. — A mere translation of 
the Latin specific name given in Culpeper’s English Physician 
(Gordon’s ed. 1802), i. p. 256. Prior, p. 140. 
Lungs of Oak. Sticta pidmonacea, Ach. — The plant is frequent on 
old oak trees, and is occasionally used in diseases of the lungs. 
Hants. (New Forest). See Lungwort (3). 
Lungwort. (1) The common book-name for Pulmonaria officinalis, 
L. — Grete Herball, Lyte. Glou. In the E. D. S. Tusser (p. 93) spelt 
Longwort. Prior, p. 140. 
(2) Verbascum Thapsus, L. — Turn. Lib. and Names (spelt Long- 
wort). See Bullock’s Lungwort. 
(3) Sticta pulmonacea, Ach. — Lyte. Occasionally used in diseases 
of the lungs. 
(4) Lathroea squamaria, L. — ‘ Our countrey women do call it Lung- 
woort, and do use it against the cough, and all other imperfections of 
the lungs : but what benefit they reape thereby I know not ; neither 
can any of iudgement give me further instruction thereof.’ Ger. 1388. 
Lungwort, Bullock’s. See Bullock’s Lungwort. 
Lungwort, Clown’s. See Clown’s Lungwort. 
Lungwort, Cow’s. See Cow’s Lungwort. 
Lungwort, French. Hieracium murorum, L. — "With. ed. ii. 
Lungwort, Golden. See Golden Lungwort. 
