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Dors.; Herts.; Nth. Gloss., Wr. ; Som, ; Suff.; Suss.; Warw. 
Prior, p. 168. 
‘ Old man's heard that wreathed along the hedge.’ 
Clare, Village Minstrel, ii. 134. 
(2) Various species of Equisetum. — Dors, Pulman (Ole Man’s 
Beard) ; Som. 
(3) Saxifraga sarmentosa, L. — Dev. 
(4) Nigella damascena, L. — Coles, A. in E., 123. 
Old Man’s Love. Artemisia Abrotanum, L. — Nliumh. 
Old Man’s Mustard. Achillea Millefolium, L. — Line. (Bottesford). 
Pratt calls it Old Man’s Pepper, 
Old Man’s Nightcap. Convolvulus sepium, L. — Suss. Parish. 
Old Man’s Plaything. Pimpinella Saxifraga, L. — Sal. (Craven 
Arms). In this, and perhaps in other similar names, Old Man pro- 
bably means the Devil ; as Anthriscus sylvestris, Hotfm. , an umbel- 
liferous plant which a good deal resembles the above, is called Deil’s 
Meal, which see. 
Old Man’s Woozard. Clematis Vitalba, L. — S. Backs. 
Old Owl. Filago germanica, L. — W. Suff. (very general). 
Old Sow. (1) Antennaria margaritacea, Br. — Norf. 
(2) Melilotus coerulea, Desf., which ‘has a singular porcine odour, 
whence it is vulgarly called Old Sow, and is the plant which gives the 
peculiar flavour to Schapziger cheese.’ Morton’s Cyclopaedia of Agri- 
culture, ii. 425. 
Old Wives’ Mutches. Aconitum Napellus, L. — Pertlisli. Scottish 
Naturalist, April, 1871. 
Old Woman. Artemisia ^ argentea.' Sal. (Clun, Tilstock). Per- 
haps A. Absinthium, L., is intended. 
Old Woman’s Nightcap. Aconitum Napellus, L. — Bucks. 
Oler. See Owler. 
Olive, Spurge. Cneorum tricoccos, L. — Ger. ; but in more recent 
books usually applied to Daphne Mezereon, L., which Ger. says ‘may 
be called Germaine Olive Spurge.’ Prior, p. 220. 
Olivere. ‘The olive-tree (A.-N.).’ Hal. Wr. Olea europcea, L. 
Oiler. See Owler. 
Ollick. ‘A kind of leek.’ Cormo. (Truro). Probably Allium 
porrum, L. 
Olour. ‘ An herb liked by swans. From Lat. olor, a swan.’ Scotl. 
Jamieson. This we cannot identify. 
Ome Tree. Ulmus campestris, L., and U. montana, Sin. — Cumh. 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
One-berry. Paris quadrifolia, L. — Turn. Names. ‘ From its one 
central fruit.’ Prior, p. 169. 
One-blade, or One-leaf. Maianthemum bifolium, DC. — Lyte (a 
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