local. The pheasant-eyed narcissus, Narcissus poeticus, esp. the double variety.
1848. Mrs. Gaskell, M. Barton, viii. In his button-hole he stuck a narcissus (a sweet Nancy is its pretty Lancashire name).
1873. Miss Broughton, Nancy, I. 94. The hyacinth bells, and the sweet Nancies … blowing all together.
