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NOTES. 



Some Co. Antrim Proverbs. 



Just now when the weather and the food question are the main topics 

 of conversation, perhaps the two enclosed old saws from Co. Antrim on 

 these subjects might interest the readers of the lyish Naturalist. It would 

 l)e interesting to know if they are universal in Ireland. 



WEATHER. 



JNIarch borrowed from April 



Three days and tliey were ill. 

 The first was wun an' weet. 



The second snaw an' sleet, 

 The third was a freeze that would ha' freezcd 



Tlie bird's nebs to the trees. 



FOOD. 



Barley bread will do you good. 



Rye bread will do you no harm, 

 Wheaten bread will sweeten your blood, 



Oaten bread will strengthen your arm. 



I have heard a southern variation of the one about the March weather, 

 t)ut have forgotten it. There may be others of a similar nature that would 

 be worth collecting. 



M. C Knowles. 



National Museum, Dublin. 



BOTANY. 

 Selagfinella Kraussiana in Ireland ? 



Whilst spending a holiday at Bundoran at Easter, 191 2, I gathered a 

 number of cryptogamous specimens, mostly mosses and lichens. Amongst 

 them, however, Mr. W. G. Travis, President of the Liverpool Botanical 

 Society, on a recent inspection of my gatherings, noticed a specimen 

 which he declared to be a Selaginella. It was certainly not the only 

 known British species but more nearly resembled a specimen from Grand 

 Canary, which he had in his possession. On reference to ^Ir. Gcpp, of 

 the British Museum, it was named by him Selaginella Kraussiana, A. Br. 

 which occurs in the Azores, Madeira, Sicily, and Cape Colony. Unfor- 

 tunately, my record of this specimen is not complete, so that I am partly 

 dependent on memory for particulars of the habitat in which it occurred. 

 W^ith this reservation, the occurrence of the plant in an Irish station 

 should perhaps be brought under notice, so that Irish botanists may be 

 in a position to confirm or supplement the record The specimen is 



