Vol. V.—No. 131.NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

"When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

VOL. V.—No. 131.

SATURDAY,MAY 1. 1852.

Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5d.

CONTENTS.

NOTES:—

Sterne at Sutton on the Forest, by the Rev. A. Gatty 409

Readings in Shakspeare, No. IV. 410

Presentiment 411

Curious Bill of Fare, and Storm, in 1739, by Edward Hawkins 412

Peculiar Attributes of the Seventh Son 412

Folk Lore:—Game-feathers protracting the Agony of Death—Charm for Ague—Old Shoes thrown for Luck—Folk Lore of the Kacouss People 413

Burials in Woollen, by the Rev. E. S. Taylor 414

Minor Notes:—Unacknowledged Quotations from the Scriptures—Latin Hexameters on the Bible—Epigram on La Bruyère—Cock And Bull Story—Mary Queen of Scots; her Monument and Head 414

QUERIES:—

The Book of Jasher 415

Minor Queries:—Old China—Pagoda, Joss House, Fetiche—"And Eva stood and wept alone"—Hearne's Confirmation; Baxter's Heavy Shove; Old Ballad—Gunpowder Mills—Macfarlane of that Ilk—Armorial Bearings—Scologlandis and Scologi—Ednowain ap Bradwen—Mummy Wheat—The Trusty Servant at Winchester—Anecdote—St. Augustine—Ghost, Evidence of one not received—Roman and Saxon Cambridge—Queries on the Mistletoe—Portrait of Mesmer 415

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Saint Richard—"Coming Events cast their Shadows before"—St. Christopher—Cuddy, the Ass—Toady—Mother Shipton 418

REPLIES:—

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