E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
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.)
