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foxgloves — In 1870 the naturalist James Britten launched the theory that foxglove means glove of the Little Folks or fairies, since the flower is called witches thimbles in North Country dialect, and fairy s petticoat in Cheshire. This pretty whimsey has … A Dictionary of English folklore
