thefritillary

Updated: February 18, 2026

In Gloucestershire the fruit of the Arum maculatum is snake's-victuals, and snake's-head is a common name for thefritillary. Names in which the devil figures have been noticed elsewhere, as also those in which the words fairy and witch enter.

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