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Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc   By:

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Transcriber's Note: Italicized words, phrases, etc. are surrounded by underline charcters . Greek transliterations are surrounded by ~tildas~. Diacritical marks over characters are bracketed: [=mt] indicates a macron over the letters mt, [(y] indicates a breve over the y, etc. Archaic spellings such as Ffurther and pseudonymes have been retained.

{325} NOTES AND QUERIES:

A MEDIUM OF INTER COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

"When found, make a note of." CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

No. 179.] SATURDAY, APRIL 2. 1853. [Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5d.

CONTENTS.

NOTES: Page Jack, by John Jackson 325 Mythe versus Myth, by Thomas Keightley 326 Witchcraft in 1638 326 St. Augustin and Baxter, by E. Smirke 327 FOLK LORE: Subterranean Bells Welsh Legend of the Redbreast 328 Johnsoniana 328 MINOR NOTES: White Roses Fifeshire Pronunciation Original Letter Erroneous Forms of Speech 329

QUERIES: Eustache de Saint Pierre, by Henry H. Breen 329 Passage in Coleridge 330 MINOR QUERIES: Cann Family Landholders in Lonsdale South of the Sands Rotation of the Earth Nelson and Wellington Are White Cats deaf? Arms in Dugdale's "Warwickshire," &c. Tombstone in Churchyard Argot and Slang Priests' Surplices John, Brother German to David II. Scott, Nelson's Secretary The Axe which beheaded Anne Boleyn Roger Outlawe "Berte au Grand Pied" Lying by the Walls Constables of France St. John's Church, Shoreditch 330 MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS: Sir John Thompson Ring, the Marriage Amusive Belfry Towers separate from the Body of the Church An Easter day Sun 332

REPLIES: Hamilton Queries, by Lord Braybrooke, &c. 333 The Wood of the Cross 334 Edmund Chaloner, by T. Hughes 334 "Anywhen" and "Seldom when:" unobserved Instances of Shakespeare's Use of the latter, S. W. Singer 335 Chichester: Lavant, by W. L. Nichols 335 Scarfs worn by Clergymen, by Rev. John Jebb, &c. 337 Inscriptions in Books, by Russell Gole, George S. Master, &c. 337 PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTES AND QUERIES: Head rests Sir W. Newton's Explanations of his Process Talc for Collodion Pictures 338 REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES: Portrait of the Duke of Gloucester Key to Dibdin's "Bibliomania" High Spirits a Presage of Evil Hogarth's Works Town Plough Shoreditch Cross and the painted Window in Shoreditch Church Race for Canterbury Lady High Sheriff Burial of an unclaimed Corpse Surname of Allan The Patronymic Mac Cibber's "Lives of the Poets" Parallel Passages, No. 2.: Stars and Flowers Schomberg's Epitaph Pilgrimages to the Holy Land Album Gesmas and Desmas "Quod fuit esse" Straw Bail Pearl Sermons by Parliamentary Chaplains, &c... Continue reading book >>


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