"When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
VOL. IV.—No. 104.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1851.
Price Sixpence. Stamped Edition, 7d.
NOTES:—
The Old Countess of Desmond, No. 1. 305
Panslavic Sketches, by Dr. J. Lotsky 306
Monumental Bust of Shakspeare, by J. O. Halliwell 307
Notes on Passages in Virgil, by Dr. Henry 307
Folk Lore:—Superstitions respecting Bees—Bees invited to Funerals—North Side of Churchyards—Ashton Faggot: a Devonshire Custom—Offerings to the Apple-trees: Devonshire Superstition 308
Poetical Imitations 310
Gloucestershire Ballads:—A Gloucester Ditty; George Ridler's Oven 311
The Caxton Coffer, by Bolton Corney 312
Minor Notes:—Note on the Duration of Reigns—Cock and Bull Story—"Multa renascentur," &c.—Corruptions recognised as acknowledged Words 312
QUERIES:—
Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell's Confession 313
Minor Queries:—"'Tis Twopence now"—Scythians blind their Slaves—The "Gododin"—Frontispiece to Hobbes's Leviathan—Broad Arrow or Arrow Head—Deep Well near Bansted Downs—Upton Court—Derivation of Prog—Metrical History of England—Finger Pillories in Churches—Stallenge Queries—Ancient MS. History of Scotland—Pharetram de Tutesbit—Inundation at Deptford—Butler's Sermons—Coleridge's Christabel—Epigram ascribed to Mary Queen of Scots 314
MINOR QUERIESANSWERED:—Meaning of Farlieu—"History of Anglesey"—The Word "Rile" 317
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