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Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851

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Notes:— Page

Note upon a Passage in "Measure for Measure" 401

Rhyming Latin Version of the Song on Robin Goodfellow, by S. W. Singer 402

Folk Lore:—Devonshire Folk Lore: 1. Storms from Conjuring; 2. The Heath-hounds; 3. Cock scares the Fiend; 4. Cranmere Pool—St. Uncumber and the offering of Oats—"Similia similibus curantur"—Cure of large Neck 404

Dibdin's Library Companion 405

Minor Notes:—A Note on Dress—Curious Omen at Marriage—Ventriloquist Hoax—Barker, the original Panorama Painter 406

Queries:—

Minor Queries:—Vegetable Sympathy—Court Dress—Dieu et mon Droit—Cachecope Bell—The Image of both Churches—Double Names—"If this fair Flower," &c.—Hugh Peachell—Sir John Marsham—Legend represented in Frettenham Church—King of Nineveh burns himself in his Palace—Butchers not Jurymen—Redwing's Nest—Earth thrown upon the Coffin—Family of Rowe—Portus Canum—Arms of Sir John Davies—William Penn—Who were the Writers in the North Briton? 407

Minor Queries Answered:—"Many a Word"—Roman Catholic Church—Tick—Hylles' Arithmetic 409

Replies:—

Villenage 410

Maclean not Junius 411

Replies to Minor Queries:—The Ten Commandments—Mounds, Munts, Mounts—San Graal—Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke 412

Miscellaneous:—

Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 414

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 414

Notices to Correspondents 414

Advertisements 415

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