Notes:— | Page |
Defoe's Pamphlet on the Septennial Bill, by James Crossley | 577 |
Arthur O'Connor | 579 |
Inedited Poetry, by W. Sparrow Simpson | 580 |
Folk Lore:—Lancashire May-day Custom—Hair cut off, an Antidote—Weather Prophecy—The Oak Tree and the Ash | 581 |
The Diphthong "ai" | 581 |
Minor Notes:—A Bit o' fine Writin'—Custom of Cranes in Storms—Aldress—How the ancient Irish used to crown their King—One of Junius's Correspondents identified | 581 |
Queries:— |
Old Music | 582 |
Treasury of St. Mark's; Record at Tiberius | 583 |
Unicorn | 583 |
Flanagan on the Round Towers of Ireland | 584 |
Minor Queries:—St. Augustine's Six Treatises on Music—Bishop Merriman—The Escubierto—J. Scandret—Mary Horton—Biblicus on the Apocalypse—Cleopatra playing at Billiards—"Then comes the reckoning"—Giving the Sack—Scotch Provincial Tokens of the Seventeenth Century—Burial of Sir John Moore—Mexican, &c. Grammar—Foundation Stones—Mary Faun—Tonson and the Westminsters | 584 |
Minor Queries Answered:—Lady Farewell's Funeral Sermon—Sir E. K. Williams—Order of the Cockle—Waller Family—Life of St. Werburgh—Blindman's Holiday—Ab. Seller—Martin-drunk—Bagster's English Version | 585 |
Replies:— |
Reply to Mr. Hickson's Objections | 587 |
The Term "Milesian," by John D'Alton | 588 |
Ben. Jonson's adopted Sons, by C. H. Cooper | 588 |
Shakspeare's Seal | 589 |
Reason and Understanding according to Coleridge | 590 |
General Wolfe | 590 |
"The Miller's Melody," an old Ballad, by Dr. E. F. Rimbault | 591 |
Surnames | 592 |
Sir John Trenchard, by Sydney Walton | 593 |
Papal Seal | 593 |
Market Crosses | 594 |
Replies to Minor Queries:—The two Gilberts de Clare—Baxter's Shove—Frebord—Devil—Mummy Wheat—Nacar—Mistletoe—The Number Seven—Gabriel Hounds—Burial—Marvell's Life and Works—The Death-Watch—The Rabbit as a Symbol, &c. | 594 |
Miscellaneous:— |
Books and Odd Volumes wanted | 599 |
Notices to Correspondents | 599 |
Advertisements | 599 |