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Foxglove
called by the Welsh Fairy's glove and by the Irish
Fairy-bells, is either a corruption of Folk's glove —i.e.
the glove of the good folks or fairies, or else of the Saxon fox
[es]glofa, red or fox-coloured glove. (French, gants de Notre
Dame.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Foxglove from Infoplease:
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