"Backwoodsman- Don't you love it when your brain plays tricks! I've not seen your Grass or Adder snakes, but would love to. We do have a little snake called the Red-bellied snake that lives on our land, and we protect them like crazy. They're also non-poisonous, small enough for our bantams to be a threat to them.

Madge - only just noticed your post! Apologies for my inattention!

I'm finding nowadays that stuff I've known and been able to remember all my life, certainly for 60 years or so, is falling out of my brain and being replaced by bullshite - stuff that's just plain wrong and I should know it's wrong. I'm finding it increasingly frustrating, not to mention embarrassing when I metaphorically open my mouth and put my foot in it, as I did early in this thread! 😳