. Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. ibe to the common naturalliistory objects that we see around us, such asanimals, birds, insects, plants, &c. (and which, forwant of a better term, I may call Natural History Folk-speech),in the hope that other correspondents would do the same for othercounties. That hope, however, I am sorry to say, with but one ortwo trifling exceptions, has not been realised. Since that time the Folk-Lore Society, founded in 1878, hassupplied a decided want in enabling folk-lorists to chronicle in thepages of its Record and its Journal those
. Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. ibe to the common naturalliistory objects that we see around us, such asanimals, birds, insects, plants, &c. (and which, forwant of a better term, I may call Natural History Folk-speech),in the hope that other correspondents would do the same for othercounties. That hope, however, I am sorry to say, with but one ortwo trifling exceptions, has not been realised. Since that time the Folk-Lore Society, founded in 1878, hassupplied a decided want in enabling folk-lorists to chronicle in thepages of its Record and its Journal those special items appertainingto the study of Folk-lore which might have been lost or overlookedin the wider and more cosmopolitan columns of Notes and Queries. I do not think that the Proceedings of the Dorset NaturalHistory and Antiquarian Field Club have contained much in theway of folk-lore, with the exception, if I remember rightly, of apaper on Sorcery and Witchcraft from the ever vigorous penof the President of the Society, which is to be found in Vol. 20 DORSETSHIRE FOLK-SPEECH AND SUPERSTITIONS. This is, perhaps, not to be wondered at when we consider itsconstitution, and the objects more especially for which the Societywas formed. Nor could it, amongst the more solid and valuablearticles that have rilled its pages, well have found place for thoseisolated scraps of folk-lore which I would venture to suggest are sopre-eminently suited for the pages of that new aspirant for ourfavour and support, the Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries, aperiodical which, from its artistic merits and interesting contents,has already received a hearty welcome and support from manymembers of our own society. There seems to be no reason, however,why the Dorset Field Club should not include in its Proceedings articles on the subject of folk-lore of a greater length and a moresolid character, perhaps, than are suited for the pages of its youngercontemporary ; and it is with that object, and
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