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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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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