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A DICTIONARY OF 
Husbandman, ii. 1, 18, 19, ‘There are .four sorts of it that infest 
corn-fields, as the white, red, blue, and yellow, but the last is the 
common weed.’ Id. hi. 1, 43. It is hard to say what other plants 
are here meant. 
Gouls. add Beds. ; Bucks. 
Gowan, White. Chrysanthemum Leucantliemum^ L. — N. E. Scofdand. 
Gregor’s Folklore of North-east of Scotland, p. 193. 
Gowk’s thumbs (thimbles). Campanula rofundlfolia^ L. — N.E. 
Scotland. Gregor’s Folk-lore of North-east of Scotland, p. 148. 
Gowlins. add (2) ‘Ling gowlins . . singed or burnt stalks of ling 
left when a heath is burnt.’ Yks. (Cleveland). 
Grandfather’s Beard. A species of Epuisetum. Hants. E. D. S. 
Gloss. 
Granfer-gregors. Scilla nutans, Sm. Dors. 
Granfer-gregors, Red. Orchis mascula, L. — Dors. (Broadwindsor). 
Granny’s Nightcap, add (3) Aquilegia mdgaris,Y. — Dev. Friend. 
Granyagh. Spergida arvensis, L. — Ireland (Co. Donegal). 
Grass, add A frequent popular corruption of Asparagus (Suss. 
&c.). 
Grass, Fairy. Brka media, L. — Ireland (Co. Limerick). 
Grass, Land. See Land Grass. 
Grass, Penny. (1) add Lane. (Preston). Science Gossip, 1882, 
p. 164. 
(3) Cotyledon Urnhilicus, L. — Irel. (Co. Fermanagh). Science Gossip, 
1882, p. 43. 
Grass, Pig. add (2) Antlioxanthum odoratum,\j. — Ylcs. (Cleveland). 
Grass, Quaker, add Yks. (Whitby) ; Wore. Hal. 
Grass, Quitch, add Leie. 
Grass, Eattle, (1) add Ellis uses the name in his Modern Hus- 
bandman, and it is still employed in N. Herts. 
Grass, Eib. add Burr. 
Grass, Eipple. add (Co. Fermanagh). Science Gossip, 1882, p. 43. 
Grass, Scutch, add. Ireland. (Antrim and Down). 
Grass, Sour, add (3) Oxedis Acetosella, L. — Yks. (Almondbury). 
E. D. S. Gloss. 
Grass, Sparrow, add Bed. ; Scotland. Jamieson. 
Grass, Spear. (2) add Corniv. Ann. Agric., xxii. 149. 
Grass, Squirrel-tail, add II. maritimum, L. — Kent (Eomney 
Marsh), where it is in as evil repute as in Thanet. 
Grass, Steep, add Scotland. Jamieson. 
Grass, Sweet, add (3) Zostera marina, L. — Ireland (Co. Donegal). 
