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 54 A GLOSSARY OF DKV0N8HIBE PLAKT NAMBS. Tinkxr-Tailob, Lolium perennc^ L, The Eaver gains this name from the game played by means of it TiSTT-TOSTTy (1) Corchorus JaponieuSf L., the flowen of which look like (2) '^The blossoms of Cowslips collected together, tied in a globnlar fonn, and used to toss to and fio for an amusement caUed tUty4osty. It is sometimes caUed simply a tosiy.'* — ^HalliwelL (Cf. Flora Hist, i 90 ; Flower Lore {Belfa$t pp. 177, 178.) (3) Viburnum Opidue^ L., or Guelder Rose, tiie flowers of which form a baU like the Usty-toety, just described. It must be under- stood that these names do not neoessaiily occur all in one locality. I have gathered them from a variety of sources. (Qf. Mat Tostt.) TiTSUM, Hypericum Androecemum^ L. The South Devon pro- nunciation of Tutsan. (See Prior, p. 243.) French Touie ecdne = Panacea. ToM-POTB, or ToM-PUTS, an old-fashioned kind of Apple, once much grown in Devonshire and Somerset, and still met witL ToM-UBNS, a kind of Apple. The name is still in use about Newton. Turkey Fio, Ficue Carieoj L. {Cf. Dough Fig.) TwiNT Lbgb, Barteia Odoniitee, L. (Cf. Taokeb Grass and ManTul) Varfnets. Name of a kind of Apple grown at Ipplepen. £vi- dentiy a corruption of Vour-pennys ; ue, ** Four^t-pennys." Britten (p. 273) gives a similar name from Halliwell — Hundrkd-shillings. These would be ** Eight-arpennys." ViG, ViGGT, for Fig, Figgy, used of Raisins. "A viggy pudding " is a plum or raisin pudding. (Devon, Courtship, p. 59.) Vine, the stems, stalks, or runners of Peas and Beans. One will often hear the labourer speaking of his pay-vines, meaning his pea- stalks. ViWBRVAW, ViwYVAW, &c, Pyrethrum PartJieniium, L. It is impossible to write all the various modifications of the word. Put- ting V for / one may take Britten's list, p. 176, and multiply it indefinitely. {Cf. Prior, p. 76.) Vuzz, Ulex europceus, L. Furze. (Earle's Plant-Names, p. 91 ; and Philology of the English Tongue, p. 21 ; Prior, p. 88.) Wall Grass. Sedum acre, L. Prior has Wall Pepper (p. 248). Wandering Sailor, (1) Linaria Cymbalaria, MilL Also called '' Mother-of-Thousands ** in allusion to its prolific nature. (Trans. Devon, Assoc xm. p. 96. North and South Devon alikei) (2) Lysimachia Nummvlaria, L., a pretty yellow creeper, also called " Creeping Jenny " but generally known as Moneywort Wart-flower, Ranunculus, L. From the juice being applied to warts. ( Cf Prior, p. 249.) Water Buttercup, Caltha jxdustris, L. The Marsh Marigold,