tezils

Updated: June 28, 2025

According to Wilsford, "tezils, or fuller's thistle, being gathered and hanged up in the house, where the air may come freely to it, upon the alteration of cold and windy weather will grow smoother, and against rain will close up its prickles."

T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer - The Folk-lore of Plants