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Quotation dates: 1901-1905
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BOWLOCKS, BOWLOCHS, n. pl.
1. "Ragweed, Senecio jacobæa" (Wgt. 1825 Jam.2, s.v. bowlochs; s.Wgt. 1886 Britten and Holland Eng. Plant-Names 60).Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 400:
An haggit the natives doon like bowlocks, an ett their kye.
2. The mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris.Wgt. 1905 S. Arnott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 406:
The common mugwort . . . of our fields is simply corrupted into muggart, but I am told that a popular name in Wigtownshire was bowlocks.
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