Do you know the modern names for these old timers?
In Shakespeare’s time a rose was a rose, but many other plants weren’t known by today’s common names. Can you match the contemporary names with the names form an earlier day?
- Jack-in-the-pulpit
- Clove pinks
- Bayberry
- Dandelion
- Ground ivy
- Colt’s foot
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a.) Gillyflower
b.) Ale hoof
c.) Piss-a-bed
d.) Dragon’s flower
e.) Candleberry
f.) Coughwort |
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