Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 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. 229.] SATURDAY, MARCH 18. 1854. [Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d.

CONTENTS.

NOTES: Page

Gossiping History 239

Works on Bells, by the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe 240

Inedited Letter of Lord Nelson, by E. W. Jacob 241

FOLK LORE: Herefordshire Folk Lore Greenock Fair Dragons' Blood Charm for the Ague 242

Psalms for the Chief Musician: Hebrew Music, by T. J. Buckton 242

MINOR NOTES: "Garble" Deaths in the Society of Friends The Eastern Question Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin English Literature Irish Legislation Anecdote of George IV. and the Duke of York 243

QUERIES:

Anonymous Works: "Posthumous Parodies," "Adventures in the Moon," &c. 244

Blind Mackerel 245

MINOR QUERIES: Original Words of old Scotch Airs Royal Salutes "The Negro's Complaint" "The Cow Doctor" Soomarokoff's "Demetrius" Polygamy Irish, Anglo Saxon, Longobardic, and Old English Letters Description of Battles Do Martyrs always feel Pain? Carronade Darcy, of Platten, co. Meath Dorset "Vanitatem observare" King's Prerogative Quotations in Cowper Cawley the Regicide 245

MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS: Dr. John Pocklington Last Marquis of Annandale Heralds' College Teddy the Tiler Duchess of Mazarin's Monument Halcyon Days 247

REPLIES:

Dogs in Monumental Brasses, by the Rev. W. S. Simpson, &c. 249

Sneezing, by C. W. Bingham 250

Sir John de Morant 250

Inn Signs 251

"Concilium Delectorum Cardinalium" 252

Pulpit Hour glasses, by Dr. E. F. Rimbault, &c. 253

PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE: A Prize for the best Collodion Double Iodide of Silver and Potassium Albumenized Paper Cyanide of Potassium 254

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES: Sawdust Recipe Brydone the Tourist Etymology of "Page" Longfellow Canting Arms Holy Loaf Money "Could we with Ink," &c. Mount Mill, and the Fortifications of London Standing while the Lord's Prayer is read A dead Sultan, with his Shirt for an Ensign "Hovd mact of lact" Captain Eyre's Drawings Sir Thos. Browne and Bishop Ken, &c. 255

MISCELLANEOUS:

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 258

Notices to Correspondents 259

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