E. G. R.

I have always heard it called in Northumberland, _fog_; in Norfolk,

_after-math_; in Oxfordshire, I am told, it is _latter-math_. This term is

pure A.-Saxon, _mæth_, the mowing; the former word _fog_, and _eddish_

also, are to be found in dictionaries, but their derivation is not

satisfactory.

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