Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics / Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom

by Richard Folkard

• Vegetable Monstrosities, [129]
• Virgin Mary, [40], [41], [142], [362], [363], [395], [402], [412], [433], [437], [469], [518], [519], [526], [535], [546], [556]
• Venice Treacle, [162], [568]
• Venus, [24], [40], [42], [216], [218], [402], [411], [454], [477], [516]
• Vishnu, [22], [177], [241], [245], [419]

• Wassail Bowl, [220], [526]
• Wassailing, [219]
• Wreaths, [36]
• Weddings. See [Marriages].
• Well-flowering, [32]
• Whitsuntide, [59], [254], [256], [261]
• Water Nymphs, [71]
• Wells, Nymphs of, [72]
• Wells, [33], [73], [554]
• Wands, [113], [363]
• Waterloo, [505]
• War of the Roses, [520]
• Witches, Plants of, [91], et seq.,
• [209], [277], [358], [369], [373], [403], [444], [492], [509], [541], [542]
• Witches, Plants antagonistic to, [102], [252], [258], [287], [313], [333], [374], [377], [495], [532], [537], [554]
• Witches’ Children, [92]
• Witches’ Chain, [101]
• Witches’ Charms, [101]
• Witches’ Gowan, [353]
• Witches’ Potions, [93]
• Witches’ Spells, [96]
• Witches’ Steeds, [92]
• Widows, Hindu, [250], [285]
• Wise Women, [97]
• Woden, [24]
• Wood of the Cross, [46], et seq.
• Wood Nymphs, [74]
• Wondrous Plants, [123]
• World Trees of the Ancients, [1], et seq.

• Yama, [188]
• Yule Log, [235]
• Yggdrasill, [2], [7], [189], [232], [592]

• Zoroaster, [5], [21], [26], [306], [376], [378], [521], [540]

Index of Plant Names.

[For Plants named after Birds and Animals, refer to chapter on that subject, [p. 136].]

• Aaron, [228]
• Acacia, [23], [37], [158], [195], [205], [539]
• Acanthus, [46], [206]
• Achillea matricaria, [174]
• Achyranthes, [206]
• Acis, [532]
• Aconite, [443]
• Acorn, [101], [102]
• Acorus, [155], [159], [207]
• Adder’s Tongue, [93], [95], [158], [207]
• Adonis, [341]
• Ægopodium Podagraria, [53], [374]
• Affodilly, [458]
• African Marigold, [198]
• Agaric, [56]
• Agnus Castus, [100], [106], [159], [208]
• Agrimony, [104], [159], [161], [208], [328]
• Air-bell, [358]
• Aish-weed, [374]
• Aj’amoda, [372]
• Albespyne, [45], [218], [360]
• Albranke, [96]
• Alder, [24], [92], [209]
• Alecrim, [526]
• Alehoof, [391]
• Alexandrian Laurel, [263]
• Alisma, [236]
• Alisson, [212]
• Alkanet, [255]
• Aller, [209]
• Allgood, [355]
• All-heal, [162], [442], [538]
• Almond, [43], [181], [210]
• Aloe, [158], [191], [211]
• Alyssum, [212]
• Amaracus, [27]
• Amaranth, [56], [58], [194], [212]
• Ambrose, [213]
• Ambrosia, [213]
• Amellus, [43], [213]
• Ameos, [376]
• Amorphophallus, [214]
• Amrita, [213]
• Amyris, [238]
• Anagallis, [367]
• Andhas, [214]
• Andromeda, [214]
• Anemone, [37], [70], [108], [193], [198], [214]
• Angelica, [162], [216]
• Angelica Archangelica, [227]
• Anise, [158]
• Antchar, [87]
• Anthyllis, [217]
• Antirrhinum, [95], [158]
• Apamarga, [206]
• Apium risus, [90]
• Apple, [16], [24], [44], [60], [113], [116], [167], [199], [217], et seq.
• Apple of Sodom, [125], [225]
• Apple of Jerusalem, [237]
• Apricot, [225]
• Aquapura, [88]
• Aralda, [345]
• Arbol de Leche, [298]
• Arbor Vitæ, [43], [60], [191], [226]
• Arbutus, [226]
• Archangel, [54], [227]
• Areca, [227]
• Argentina, [109]
• Aristolochia, [227]
• Arjunî, [214]
• Arka, [228]
• Aronswurzel, [228]
• Artemisia, [113], [228]
• Arum, [90], [95], [228]
• Arundhati, [228]
• Asclepias acida, [106]
• Ash, [6], [24], [47], [62], [96], [103], [116], [126], [159], [231]
• Ashur, [256]
• Asoka, [5], [22], [107], [229]
• Asparagus, [158]
• Aspen, [47], [49], [50], [229], [503]
• Asphodel, [181], [189], [230]
• Ass-bane, [87]
• Ass-Parsley, [145]
• Ass’s Foot, [145]
• Aster, [231]
• Asvattha, [5], [236]
• Auguilanneuf, [441]
• Auricula, [236]
• Avaka, [236]
• Avens, [53], [373]
• Azalea, [91], [236]

• Baccharis, [236]
• Bachelor’s Buttons, [56], [510]
• Bacia-Nicola, [246]
• Baharas, [111]
• Balbaja, [237]
• Baldmoney, [237], [350], [550]
• Balis, [237]
• Balm, [44], [123], [124], [237]
• Balm of Gilead, [238]
• Balsam, [207], [237]
• Balsam Apple, [237]
• Bamboo, [36], [239]
• Banana, [14], [15], [179], [240]
• Baneberry, [53]
• Bank-cress, [327]
• Banyan, [16], [240]
• Baobab, [23], [242]
• Barberry, [46], [243]
• Barley, [138], [168], [243]
• Barnacle-tree, [118]
• Barometz, [121], [243]
• Bärwurzel, [96]
• Basil, [22], [195], [244]
• Basilek, [278]
• Basilica, [51]
• Bauhinia, [247]
• Bawm, [238]
• Bay, [24], [37], [60], [110], [111], [199]
• Beans, [41], [158], [159], [168], [195], [200], [247]
• Bear-wort, [550]
• Bear’s Breech, [206]
• Bear’s Ear, [158]
• Bear’s Garlic, [349]
• Bech, [451]
• Bedstraw, [41], [249]
• Beech, [24], [38], [111], [249]
• Beet, [158]
• Beh, [369]
• Belinuncia, [250]
• Bella Giulia, [514]
• Bell-flowers, [266]
• Bel-tree, [250]
• Belt of St. John, [52]
• Betel, [251]
• Betony, [95], [161], [251]
• Bignonia, [252]
• Bilberry, [252], [585]
• Bindweed, [158]
• Birch, [31], [51], [60], [191], [252]
• Birk, [255]
• Bishop’s Leaves, [252]
• Bishop’s Weed, [376]
• Bishop’s Wort, [398]
• Bittersweet, [159], [546]
• Bitter Vetch, [255]
• Blackberry, [83], [200], [258]
• Black-thorn, [113]
• Bladder-wort, [158]
• Blaeberry, [252], [585]
• Blasting-root, [551]
• Blessed Herb, [54], [373]
• Blitz-mehl, [288]
• Blood-drops of Christ, [48]
• Blood-root, [155]
• Bloody Men’s Fingers, [228]
• Blue-bell, [255]
• Blue-bottle, [277]
• Bluet, [278]
• Blutströpfchen, [341]
• Bohdda Tharanat, [268]
• Bois béni, [194]
• Bombax, [159], [192]
• Borage, [158], [255]
• Borgie-weed, [88]
• Boriza, [126]
• Bo-tree, [22], [491], [492]
• Botrys, [158]
• Box, [46], [58], [59], [60], [194], [197], [256]
• Boxthorn, [46]
• Bracken Fern, [179], [257]
• Bramble, [46], [258]
• Brank-ursine, [46], [206]
• Brassica, [158]
• Breakstone, [156]
• Briony, [156], [159], [261]
• Britalzar Ægyptiaca, [157]
• Brompton Stock, [553]
• Broom, [58], [95], [104], [159], [200], [260]
• Brown John or Jolly, [317]
• Brown-wort, [156]
• Buckrams, [349]
• Buck-thorn, [46], [261], [564]
• Bugloss, [261]
• Bullock’s Eye, [382]
• Bullock’s Lung-wort, [155], [449]
• Bull’s Blood, [380]
• Bulrush, [92], [262], [512]
• Burdock, [262]
• Buriti, [263]
• Burnet, [263]
• Burst-wort, [156]
• Bussorah Gall-nut, [225]
• Butea frondosa, [5]
• Butcher’s Broom, [263]
• Buttercup, [510]

• Cabbage, [60], [68], [170], [174], [264]
• Cactus, [265]
• Calf’s Snout, [217]
• Calla Æthiopica, [228]
• Call-me-to-you, [484]
• Camellia, [266]
• Campanula, [40], [54], [266]
• Camphor, [173], [267]
• Campion, [56]
• Candelaria, [449]
• Candelabrum ingens, [52], [423]
• Candie Mustard, [267]
• Candleweek-flower, [449]
• Candy-tuft, [267]
• Canker-weed, [179]
• Canna, [268]
• Canterbury Bells, [54], [156], [267], [268]
• Capillus Veneris, [424]
• Caprifolium, [379]
• Cardamine, [268]
• Cardamom, [91]
• Cardinal-flower, [269]
• Cardon, [170]
• Care, [530]
• Care-tree, [102]
• Carline Thistle, [269]
• Carnation, [44], [198], [269]
• Carob, [49], [270]
• Carpenter’s Herb, [156]
• Carrion-flower, [88]
• Carrot, [108], [270]
• Case-weed, [545]
• Cashew, [46], [271]
• Cassava, [271]
• Cassia, [196], [271]
• Cassolette, [514]
• Cast-me-down, [409]
• Casuarina, [191]
• Catch-fly, [272]
• Cat Mint or Nep, [272]
• Cat’s Eye, [549]
• Cat’s Foot, [391]
• Cat’s Tail, [512], [581]
• Cedar, [17], [23], [46], [47], [60], [192], [196], [272]
• Celandine, [95], [100], [143], [155], [276]
• Centaury, [277]
• Centinode, [399]
• Centocchio, [108]
• Cerealis, [572]
• Cereus, [278]
• Certagon, [86], [109]
• Ceterach, [159]
• Châbairje, [263]
• Cha-Hwa, [266]
• Chamelæa, [278]
• Chamomile, [159], [198], [278]
• Champak, [107], [193], [279]
• Chenomychon, [111], [144]
• Chervil, [95]
• Cherry, [41], [44], [137], [279]
• Chesnut, [280]
• Chèvrefeuille, [379]
• Chickweed, [145], [159]
• Chicory, [325]
• Chinchona, [282]
• Chives, [159]
• Chohobba, [281]
• Choke Pear, [281]
• Chora, [142]
• Christmas, [377]
• Christmas Rose, [368]
• Christ-dorn, [46], [377]
• Christ-wurzel, [44]
• Christ’s Blood drops, [375]
• Christ’s Herb, [281]
• Christ’s Ladder, [281]
• Christ’s Palm, [281]
• Christ’s Thorn, [46], [281]
• Chrysanthemum, [37], [56], [91], [282]
• Cinnamon, [27], [95], [283]
• Cinquefoil, [159], [284]
• Circeium, [110]
• Cistus, [284]
• Citron, [284]
• Clappedepouch, [285]
• Clavis Diaboli, [85]
• Clear-eye, [156]
• Clematis, [286]
• Close Sciences, [514]
• Clot-bur, [263]
• Cloth of Gold, [542]
• Clove, [286]
• Clove Gilliflower, [269]
• Clover, [181], [287], [288], [379]
• Clover Four-leaved, [71], [110], [159], [287]
• Club Moss, [288]
• Cock’s Comb, [145], [213]
• Cock’s Head, [145]
• Cock’s Foot, [145]
• Cocoa-nut Palm, [289]
• Cockle, [290]
• Cœlifolium, [341]
• Coffee, [290]
• Cohobba, [88]
• Colchicum, [290]
• Colewort, [170], [264]
• Coltsfoot, [291]
• Columbine, [291], [575]
• Comfrey, [297]
• Concordia, [109], [291]
• Conjugalis Herba, [291]
• Convolvulus, [37]
• Coriander, [99], [291]
• Corn, [16], [292]
• Corn Feverfew, [91]
• Corn Flag, [352]
• Corn Flower, [158], [277], [295]
• Corn Marigold, [282]
• Corn Rose, [504]
• Cornel, [24], [295]
• Coronation, [269]
• Costmary, [174], [296]
• Costus, [271], [296]
• Cotton, [296]
• Couronne Impériale, [348]
• Coventry-bells, [267]
• Cows-and-Calves, [228]
• Cowslip, [30], [54], [70], [297]
• Cowslip of Jerusalem, [297]
• Cow-tree, [297]
• Cranberry, [298]
• Cranesbill, [145], [298]
• Cress, [158], [298]
• Crocus, [27], [156], [158], [299]
• Cross-flower, [58], [375], [437]
• Cross wort, [375]
• Cross of Malta, [423]
• Crow Bells, [145]
• Crow Berry, [145]
• Crow Flowers, [184], [510]
• Crow Foot, [145], [510]
• Crow Garlic, [145]
• Crow Leeks, [145]
• Crow Needles, [145]
• Crow Toes, [145]
• Crown Imperial, [183]
• Cuckoo-buds, [30], [137], [268], [300], [510]
• Cuckoo-flower, [95], [137], [268], [300]
• Cuckoo Gilliflower, [300]
• Cuckoo’s Bread-and-Cheese-tree, [138]
• Cuckoo’s Bread-and-Meat, [137], [300]
• Cuckoo’s Grass, [137], [300]
• Cuckoo’s Pint, [228], [300]
• Cuckoo’s Pintle, [228], [300]
• Cuckoo’s Sorrel, [137]
• Cucumber, [300]
• Cuddle-me-to-you, [484]
• Cudweed, Alpine, [316]
• Cumin, [301]
• Currant, [159], [301]
• Cycory, [170]
• Cyclamen, [91], [99], [103], [108], [159], [301]
• Cypress, [17], [24], [44], [46], [47], [91], [93], [95], [189], [191], [192], [195], [302]
• Czekanka, [326]