Yocks. The two chains on which buckets are hung from the shoulder board, when carrying water from the well.
Yon. Yonder. “Look at yon boy, what is he up to?”
Yow. Ewe, a female sheep.
Yow-necked. Of a horse with neck too thin.
Yuck, to. To jirk. “Yuck the reins to check the horse.”
APPENDIX I. VERNACULAR NAMES OF WILD PLANTS.
| Adam’s Flannel
| Mullein
|
| Alehoof
| Ground Ivy
|
| Alexander’s foot
| Pellitory
|
| All-heal
“Very precious”—Spikenard. “The
Box of Ointment,” Mark xiv., 3–5, worth “300
pence.”
| Valeriana officinalis
|
| Ambrose
| Wild sage
|
| Arse-smart
| Water pepper
|
| Ass-ear
| Comfrey
|
| Ass’s foot
| Coltsfoot
|
| Aaron’s board
| Spirea
|
| Bairn-wort
| Daisy
|
| Ball-weed
| Centaury
|
| Ban-wort
| Violet
|
| Base-rocket
| Burdock
|
| Beard-tree
| Hazel
|
| Bedlam Cowslip
| Oxlip
|
| Beggar’s buttons
| Burdock
|
| Beggar’s needle
| Shepherd’s needle
|
| Bell-bloom
| Daffodil
|
| Benewithe
| Woodbine
|
| Biddy’s eyes
| Pansy
|
| Bird’s eye
| Germander Speedwell
|
| Blaver
| Corn blue-bottle
|
| Bleed wort
| Wild red poppy
|
| Bleeding heart
| Wallflower
|
| Blood wort
| Blood-veined dock
|
| Blow-ball
| Dandelion
|
| Bobbin and Joan
| Cuckoo-pint
|
| Bog violet
| Butter wort
|
| Brain berry
| Blackberry
|
| Bride wort
| Meadow sweet
|
| Bulls and Cows
| Cuckoo-pint
|
| Bunny mouth
| Snapdragon
|
| Butter and eggs
| Daffodil
|
| Calf’s snout
| Scarlet Pimpernel
|
| Candlegrass
| Goose grass, cleavers
|
| Carnadine
| Carnation
|
| Catstail
| Horsetail
|
| Catch weed
| Cleavers
|
| Cheese rennet
| Yellow bedstraw
|
| Choke weed
| Corn convolvulus
|
| Ditto
| Dodder
|
| Christmas rose
| Hellebore
|
| Call me near
| Sweet William
|
| Corn bind
| Corn convolvulus
|
| Cow’s Langwort
| Mullein
|
| Crow flower
| Crow’s foot / Wild Ranunculus
|
| Crow’s toe
| Crow’s foot / Wild Ranunculus
|
| Cuckoo’s meat
| Wood sorrel
|
| Cuckoo spice
| Wood sorrel
|
| Culver wort
| Columbine
|
| Death’s herb
| Deadly nightshade
|
| Dick-a-silver
| Periwinkle
|
| Dog-fennel
| Corn chamomile
|
| Dead men’s fingers
| Early purple orchis
|
| Eggs and bacon
| Bird’s foot trefoil
|
| Ears wort
| Mouse ear
|
| Lug wort
| Mouse ear
|
| Five fingers
| Oxlip
|
| Flea dock
| Butter bur
|
| Flybane
| Catch fly
|
| Fuller’s thistle
| Teasel
|
| Gander gorse
| Rag wort
|
| Gnat flower
| Fly orchis
|
| Goose tongue
| Sneeze wort
|
| Gracy-day
| Daffodil
|
| Hairiff
| Cleavers
|
| Hare’s eye
| Wild Campion
|
| Headache
| Corn poppy
|
| Hell weed
| Corn convolvulus
|
| Hen gorse
| Rest harrow
|
| Holy Ghost’s root
| Angelica
|
| Horse daisy
| Ox-eye-daisy
|
| Horse thyme
| Wild thyme
|
| Humblock
| Hemlock
(Humelock, 13th Century)
|
| John that goes to bed at noon
| Pimpernel
|
| Kettle case
| Purple orchis
|
| Ketlock
| Cherlock
|
| King’s finger
| Smaller purple orchis
|
| Lad-love-lass
| Southern wood
|
| Lady’s cushion
| Thrift
|
| Lily royal
| Penny royal
|
| Love in idleness
| Pansy
|
| Louse wort
| Marsh red rattle
|
| Lad’s love
| Southern wood
|
| Maiden’s love
| Southern wood
|
| Medwort
| Meadow sweet
|
| Muckweed
| Goose foot
|
| Maiden hair
| Quake grass
|
| Nap at noon
| Purple goat’s beard
|
| Navel wort
| Cotyledon umbelicus
|
| Neck weed
| Hemp
|
| Ox tongue
| Bug loss
|
| Penny weed
| Yellow rattle
|
| Pick-pocket
| Shepherd’s purse
|
| Pincushion
| Sweet Scabious
|
| Pixy stool
| Toad stool
|
| Poor man’s pepper
| Stone crop
|
| Poverty weed
| Purple cow-wheat
|
| Pudding grass
| Penny royal
|
| Red shanks
| Water pepper
|
| Rattle penny
| Yellow rattle
|
| Rust burn
| Rest harrow
|
| Sallow
| Willow
|
| Shepherd’s rod
| Teasel
|
| Shoes and Stockings
| Lady’s slipper
|
| Stike-pile
| Stork’s bill
|
| Toad pipes
| Horsetail
|
| Turk’s cap
| Monk’s hood
|
| Wall pepper
| Sedum acre
|
| Water grass
| Water cress
|
| Withywind
| Convolvulus
|
| Wood sour
| Wood sorrel
|
| Yellow bottle
| Corn marygold
|
APPENDIX II. LIST OF FOSSILS
found at Woodhall Spa, or in the neighbourhood, compiled by Professor J. F. Blake, given in the Government “Geological Survey Memoirs,” pp. 191, 192.
Ammonites Berryeri. Langton and Baumber.