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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
149
A
pretty
name
in
Devonshire
for
the
Veronica
chamcaedrys
is
angel's-eyes:--
"Around
her
hat
a
wreath
was
twined
Of
blossoms,
blue
as
southern
skies;
I
asked
their
name,
and
she
replied,
We
call
them
angel's-eyes."[6]
In
the
northern
counties
the
poplar,
on
account
of
its
bitter
bark,
was
termed
the
bitter-weed.[7]
"Oak,
ash,
and
elm-tree,
The
laird
can
hang
for
a'
the
three;
But
fir,
saugh,
and
bitter-weed,
The
laird
may
flyte,
but
make
naething
be'et."
According
to
the
compilers
of
"English
Plant
Names,"
"this
name
is
assigned
to
no
particular
species
of
poplar,
nor
have
we
met
with
it
elsewhere."
The
common
Solomon's
seal
(Polygonatum
multiflorum)
has
been
nicknamed
"David's
harp,"[8]
and,
"appears
to
have
arisen
from
the
exact
similarity
of
the
outline
of
the
bended
stalk,
with
its
pendent
bill-like
blossoms,
to
the
drawings
of
monkish
times
in
which
King
David
is
represented
as
seated
before
an
instrument
shaped
like
the
half
of
a
pointed
arch,
from
which
are
suspended
metal
bells,
which
he
strikes
with
two
hammers."
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