Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.   By: Various

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

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

No. 217.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1853. [Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d.

CONTENTS.

NOTES: Page

Folk Lore in the Reign of King James I. 613

The Ballad of Sir Hugh, &c. 614

Pennsylvanian Folk Lore: Christmas 615

County Rhymes 615

Legends of the County Clare: Fuenvicouil (Fingal) and the Giant, by Frances Robert Davies 616

FOLK LORE MISCELLANIES: Yorkshire Tradition Custom on St. Thomas's Day Custom on Innocents' Day Marriage Custom at Knutsford, Cheshire Folk Lore in Hampshire Propitiating the Fairies Cornish Folk Lore King Arthur in the Form of a Raven St. Clement's Apple Feast in Staffordshire New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 617

MINOR NOTES: Carlist Calembourg Jewish Custom Lachlan Macleane German Tree The late Duke 618

QUERIES:

The Story of Crispin and Crispianus, by J. Davies Devlin 619

MINOR QUERIES: Barrels Regiment Okey the Regicide Lady Mason's Third Husband Creation of Knights Martyn the Regicide History of the Nonjurors Florin and the Royal Arms A Mistletoe Query 620

MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS: Sewell Family Greek Epigram Translations from Æschylus Prince Memnon's Sister "Oh! for a blast," &c. Robin Hood's Festival Church in Suffolk 621

REPLIES:

Children called Imps 623

The Divining Rod 623

Change of Meaning in Proverbial Expressions, &c. 624

Sneezing, by Francis John Scott, &c. 624

Books burned by the common Hangman, by W. Fraser, &c. 625

Jews in China, by T.J. Buckton 626

Poetical Tavern Signs 626

The Curfew, by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 628

PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE: Photographic Engraving Collodion Negatives 628

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES: "London Labour and the London Poor" Felicia Hemans's inedited Lyric Sir Arthur Aston Grammar in relation to Logic Descendants of Milton Pronunciation of Bible Names Henry I.'s Tomb Bells at Berwick upon Tweed Return of Gentry, temp. Henry VI. Peter Allan Burial in an erect Posture The Word "Mob" Gen. Sir C. Napier To Come Passage in Sophocles Party Similes of the Seventeenth Century Judges styled Reverend Veneration for the Oak Rapping no Novelty 629

MISCELLANEOUS:

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 632

Notices to Correspondents 632

Advertisements 633

Notes.

FOLK LORE IN THE REIGN OF KING JAMES I.

In turning over the pages of an old book of controversial divinity, I stumbled upon the following illustrations of folk lore; which, as well from their antiquity as from their intrinsic curiosity, seem worthy of a place in your columns. They make us acquainted with some of the usages of our ancestors, who lived in the remoter districts of England early in the reign of James I. The title of the volume in which they occur is the following: