From burdock roots, whose clinging burrs (“beggar buttons”) annoy rural promenaders, catch in hunting dogs’ tails, John Christian Krantz Jr., 31, director of pharmaceutical research for ...

it is said that the fae would ride colts around at night and entertain themselves by tangling their mains with burdock burrs. It is also a common children’s game to toss burdock burrs at friends, and ...