bi 



Expecting to see the beloved of my heart. 



Alas ! I saw her — but her back was towards me. 



The superstitious customs described in Burns's " Hallow-e'en,"' 

 were common among the Celtic races, and are more common on 

 the western side of Scotland, from Galloway to Argyle, in conse- 

 sequence of that district having been occupied for centuries by 

 the Dalriade Gaels. 



Solidago virgaurea — Golden rod. Gaelic : fuinnseog coille ? 

 A name given by Shaw to the herb called " Virgo pastoris."' 

 Also one of the names of the mountain-ash (Pyrus aucuparia, 

 which see.) Manx: slat-airh (Ralfe) Golden rod. 



Jasione montana — Sheep-bit. Gaelic : dubhan nan caora 

 (O'Reilly). Dubhan, a kidney ; caora, sheep. Putan gorm, blue 

 button. Manx : buttonyn gorrym, blue buttons. Welsh : clefryn. 



Hieracium — Hawkweed, Lus na seobhaig. Manx : lus ny 

 shirree, hawkweed. 



CaMPANULACEjE. 



Campanula — Gaelic : barr-cluigeannach, bell-flowered. 



" Bhrr-cluigeannach slnnteach gorm-bhileach. " 

 Bell-flowered extended, blue-petalled. 



C. rotundifolia — Round-leaved bell-flower. Gaelic : brbg na 

 cubhaig, the cuckoo's shoe. Am pluran cluigeannach, the bell- 

 like flower. Welsh : bysedd ellyilon, imp's fingers Scotch : 

 witch's thimbles. Also in Irish, mearacan Pi'cca, Puck's thimbles. 



Lobelia dortmanna — Water-lobelia. Plur an lochain, the lake- 

 flower. 



Ericaceae. 

 Erica tetralix — Cross-leaved heath. General name Fraoch, 

 anciently Ur. Gaelic : fraoch Prangach, French heath. Fraoch 

 an ruinnse, rinsing heath; a bunch of its stems tied together 

 makes an excellent scouring brush, the other kinds being too 

 coarse. {Fraoch, anciently fraech.) Welsh : grtig. Greek: 

 kpiiKia, ereiko, to break, from the supposed quality of the species 

 in breaking the stone (medicinally). The primary meaning seems 

 to be to buist, to break, and appears to be cognate with the Latin 

 fractum. Fraoch also means wrath, fury, hunger. "Laoch bir 



