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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Oblionker!
My
first
conker
(conquer)."
The
word
oblionker
apparently
being
a
meaningless
invention
to
rhyme
with
the
word
conquer,
which
has
by
degrees
become
applied
to
the
fruit
itself.
The
wall
peniterry
(Parietaria
officinalis)
is
known
in
Ireland
as
"peniterry,"
and
is
thus
described
in
"Father
Connell,
by
the
O'Hara
Family"
(chap,
xii.):--
"A
weed
called,
locally
at
least,
peniterry,
to
which
the
suddenly
terrified
[schoolboy]
idler
might
run
in
his
need,
grasping
it
hard
and
threateningly,
and
repeating
the
following
'words
of
power':--
'Peniterry,
peniterry,
that
grows
by
the
wall,
Save
me
from
a
whipping,
or
I'll
pull
you
roots
and
all.'"
Johnston,
who
has
noticed
so
many
odd
superstitions,
tells
us
that
the
tuberous
ground-nut
(Bunium
flexuosum),
which
has
various
nicknames,
such
as
"lousy,"
"loozie,"
or
"lucie
arnut,"
is
dug
up
by
children
who
eat
the
roots,
"but
they
are
hindered
from
indulging
to
excess
by
a
cherished
belief
that
the
luxury
tends
to
generate
vermin
in
the
head."
[5]
An
old
rhyme
often
in
years
past
used
by
country
children
when
the
daffodils
made
their
annual
appearance
in
early
spring,
was
as
follows:--
"Daff-a-down-dill
Has
now
come
to
town,
In
a
yellow
petticoat
And
a
green
gown."
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