CONTENTS 
PART I 
STRAY LEAVES FROM A BORDER GARDEN 
1 . Martinmas to Ladyday Page 3 
II. Ladyday to Whit Sunday 21 
III. Hallowe’en to Candlemas 52 
IV. Candlemas to Lammas 75 
V. The Chrissenmas to Mayday 94 
VI. “ All in ye Merrie Month of May ” 1 1 3 
VII. A Thirsty June 167 
VIII. Midsummer to Michaelmas 193 
IX. Harvesting the Hedges 230 
X. Visions and Rumours of War 251 
XI. The Wearing of the Shamrock and Rose 260 
XII. Kinship amongst Flower-Names and Bird-Names 267 
XIII. Vernacular of the Border 289 
