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Eerie (a corruption of Yarroiv). Achillea MillefoJhnn, L. — Scotl. 
{Aherdeensh.). ‘ Lasses used to take it and put it in their breasts as a 
charm, repeating this rhyme : 
Eerie, eerie, I do pluck 
And in my bosom I do put ; 
The first young lad that speaks to me, 
The same shall my true^lover be.’ 
Jolly’s Life of John Duncan, p. 351. 
Eggs and Bacon. (1) add Dev. Friend; Rutl. J^. and Q., 6th 
S., vi. 237. 
Eglet-bloom. Flower of Cratcegus Oxyacantha, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Eileber. add This is an A.S. name. See Cockayne, ii. 65. 
Elder. Alnus glutinosa, L. — add Irel. (co. Fermanagh). Science 
Gossip, 1882, p. 43. (Co. Donegal, the general name.) 
Elder, Feathered. Samhucics nigra^ L., var. laciniata. — ^It is 
found about Charlbury in Oxfordshire, and there called Feathered 
Elder. ^ Blackstone, Specimen Botanicum. 
Elder, Ground. (3) add Warm. 
Elder, Red. Viburnum Opulus, L. — Scotland (Lanarksli.) Jamieson. 
Elder, Royal. See Royal Elder. 
Eldern. add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Elisha’s Tears. Leycesteria formosa, DC. — Dors. (Weymouth), 
a corruption of the Latin generic name. 
Elf-grass. ‘ A kind of grass yerbwives find, and give to cattle they 
conceive injured by elves.’ Mactaggart, Gallo v. Encycl. We do not 
know what is meant. 
Ell-docken. add Nhumb. 
Eller. (2) add Derh. 
Ellern-tree. Ellern. add Sal. ; TForc. (Upton- on-Severn), E. D. S. 
Gloss. 
Ellet. add Kent (Romney Marsh). 
Ellum. Ulmus. Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Elm. add Also Utmus montana, Sm. ‘ In Yorkshire is plenty of 
trees which they call elmes ; but they are wich-hazells.’ Aubrey, Nat. 
Hist. Wilts., p. 54. 
Elshinder. See Alshinder. 
Empy-grass. Phalaris arundlnacea, L. — Ireland (Cos. Limerick and 
Tipperary). 
Endive, Green. See Green Endive. 
Eriff. add Leic. E. D. S. Gloss.; Staff. Agric. Surv. 
Ern fern, add i. e. eagle-fern : ern = eagle. 
Everlasting -grass. Onohrychis sativa, L. ‘Commonly called 
or Everlasting-grass.^ Oxf. Plot, Nat. Hist. Oxfordsh. 156. 
