THE FOXGLOVE (DIGITALIS PURPUREA)
The foxglove in Irish plant lore is intimately connected with the fairies under the appellation of Lusmore; the shefro wears the corolla of its flower on his head. The Welsh call it menyg ellyllon—elf s glove. bysedd ellyllon—fairy fingers. bysedd y cwn -dog's fingers. In Gaelic we have meuran sith—fairy thimble. meuran na daoine marbha—dead men's thimble. And in Irish meregan na mna sioh thimble of the fairywomen.