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Pilgrimages to the Holy Land 289

Surnames 290

License to make Malt in 1596, by Julius Partrige 291

Where Lollard was buried, and what became of his Bones 292

Dean Swift's Library 292

Folk Lore:—Churching of Women—Wassailing Orchards in Sussex—Lucky Omens—Lambs—Key Experiments 293

Minor Notes:—Rhymes connected with Places—French Dates—"Black Book of Scone"—Cracked Glass—Spanish Verses on the Invasion of England 293

QUERIES:—

Legal Worthies, Queries respecting 294

Town Halls, by J. H. Parker 295

Minor Queries:—Chasseurs Britanniques—Knights Templars and Freemasons—St. Christopher—Arnold Bilson's Wife—Exeter Controversy—Education in the Time of Elizabeth—Sword swallowing—Livy quoted by Grotius—Eleanor, Lady of the Ring—Catalogue of Pictures—"Well bobbit, Blanch of Middleby"—Letter to a Brigadier-General—Dr. Fell—Grostete, Bishop of Lincoln—Almas-cliffe—AmyclÆ—Cynthia's Dragon Yoke—London Genealogical Society—The Article "An"—Black Gowns and Red Coats—Coleridge's "Friend"—Wycherley's Verses on Plowden and Lady Sunderland 295

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—"Salusbury Welsh Pedigree Book"—The Earl of Erroll—Heraldic—Family of Grey—Coinage of Richard III.—Edward Bagshaw—Couched, to couch—Marriage of Mrs. Claypole 297

REPLIES:—

Original Letter of General James Wolfe 298

Earl of Chepstow 300

Deaths from Fasting 301

Burning Fern brings Rain 301

The Fish called "Vendace" 302

Macaronic Poetry 302

Replies to Minor Queries:—Cooper's Miniatures of Cromwell—The Vellum-bound Junius—Sept—Many Children—Hog's Norton—Cromwell's Skull—Eliza Fenning—Hexameter on English Counties—Fairest Attendant of the Scottish Queen—Ecclesiastical Geography—Llandudno, on the Great Orme's Head—"Wise above that which is written"—Nightingale and Thorn—Friday at Sea—Latin Names of Towns—Gospel Trees—Gospel Oaks—"He that runs may read"—Wild Oats—Portrait of Mrs. Percy—Traditions of a Remote Period; the Chamberlaine Family—St. Bartholomew—John Rogers, Protomartyr; Descendants inquired for—English Translation of the Canons—"Arborei foetus alibi," &c.—Horn-blowing—"God's Love"—Plague Stones—Melody of the Dying Swan—Cimmerii—Stoke—King's College Chapel Windows—Quotation wanted—Showing the White Feather—John Lord Berkeley—History of Commerce—Game of Curling—Ancient Trees—Paring the Nails, &c. 303

MISCELLANEOUS:—

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 309

Notices to Correspondents 310

Advertisements 310

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