271. _Chattes of Haselle._--Sir John Mandeville, in giving the account
of the growth of pepper in India, says:
"The long Peper comethe first, whan the Lef begynnethe to come;
and it is lyche the _Chattes_ of Haselle, that cometh before the
Lef, and it hangethe lowe."
Is this old name for "catkins" retained in any part of England, or is it
the same word?