Hawkweed?

[c mumford]

At 08:22 28.01.98 +1000, Sonique wrote:

Hawkweed:
>> troublesome weed in some
>> places; an old superstition stated that hawks used the sap to sharpen their
>> eyesight.
>
>Tee hee
>
>When I was in high school, that's what some of my mates called me! Not for
>the actual plant though (which I'm sure they knew nothing about)

One can only specualate why? This australian guy at work tells me all these
troublesome weeds grow freely for consumption down under. Were you a
sharpsighted sap? A weedy, hawking young fellow with an unhealthy obsession
with the Hawks? :)

Christian