Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.   By: Various

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NOTES AND QUERIES:

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

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

No. 191.] Saturday, June 25, 1853. [Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d.

CONTENTS.

NOTES: Page

Witchcraft in Somersetshire 613

"Emblemata Horatiana," by Weld Taylor 614

Shakspeare Criticism, by Thomas Keightley 615

Red Hair a Reproach, by T. Hughes 616

Extracts from Newspapers, 1714, by E. G. Ballard 616

MINOR NOTES: Last Suicide buried at a Cross Road. Andrew's Edition of Freund's Latin Lexicon Slang Expressions "Quem Deus vult perdere" White Roses 617

QUERIES:

"Merk Lands" and "Ures:" Norwegian Antiquities 618

The Leigh Peerage, and Stoneley Estates, Warwickshire 619

MINOR QUERIES: Phillips Family Engine à verge Garrick's Funeral Epigram The Rosicrucians Passage in Schiller Sir John Vanbrugh Historical Engraving Hall close, Silverstone, Northamptonshire Junius's Letters to Wilkes The Reformer's Elm How to take Paint off old Oak 619

MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS: Cadenus and Vanessa Boom "A Letter to a Member of Parliament" Ancient Chessmen Guthryisms 620

REPLIES:

Correspondence of Cranmer and Calvin, by Henry Walter 621

"Populus vult decipi," by Robert Gibbings, &c. 621

Latin: Latiner 622

Jack 622

Passage in St. James, by T. J. Buckton, &c. 623

Faithfull Teate 624

Parvise 624

The Coenaculum of Lionardo da Vinci 624

Font Inscriptions, by F. B. Relton, &c. 625

Burn at Croydon 626

Christian Names, by William Bates, &c. 626

Weather Rules 627

Rococo, by Henry H. Breen 627

Descendants of John of Gaunt, by J. S. Warden 628

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem 628

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES: Anticipatory Worship of the Cross Ennui "Qui facit per alium, facit per se," &c. Vincent Family Judge Smith "Dimidiation" in Impalements Worth "Elementa sex," &c. "A Diasii 'Salve,'" &c. Meaning of "Claret" "The Temple of Truth" Wellborne Family Devonianisms Humbug George Miller, D.D. "A Letter to a Convocation Man" Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire Ferdinand Mendez Pinto "Other some" and "Unneath" Willow Pattern Cross and Pile Old Fogie Another odd Mistake Spontaneous Combustion Erroneous Forms of Speech Ecclesia Anglicana Gloves at Fairs The Sparrows at Lindholme, &c. 629

MISCELLANEOUS:

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 634

Notices to Correspondents 634

Advertisements 634

Notes.

WITCHCRAFT IN SOMERSETSHIRE.