Lily, or Lilies. Add:—*(3) Ranunculus aquatilis, L., Water Crowfoot.—S.W. (Charlton.)
Linnard. A linnet, as 'a brown linnard,' 'a green linnard.' Formerly used at Clyffe Pypard, where, however, it is obsolete, the pronunciation there now being distinctly Linnut. Conversely, orchard becomes archet.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, &c.)
Long-winded. Add:—S.W. (Deverill.)
Lords-and-Ladies. Add:—The purple spadices are the 'Lords,' and the yellow or very light-coloured ones the 'Ladies.'
Maggotty-pie. Add:—At Deverill, thirty years ago, there was a nursery rhyme as follows:—
'Hushaby, baby, the beggar shan't have 'ee,
No more shall the maggotty-pie;
The rooks nor the ravens shan't carr' thee to heaven,
So hushaby, baby, by-by.'
Mandrake. Bryonia dioica, L., White Bryony. The root is popularly supposed to be Mandrake.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, Heddington.)
Mask. To collect acorns. A variant of mast.—N.W. (Potterne.)
Melt. The spleen of a pig, which forms a favourite dish when stuffed.—N. & S.W.
*Milkmaid's-Way. The Milky Way.—S.W. (Deverill.)