"When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
VOL. V.—No. 120.
SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 14. 1852.
Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5d.
Transcriber's Note: Ϲ (Greek Capital Lunate Sigma Symbol) rather than Σ has been used in some words to reproduce the characters exactly; Hebrew characters have been represented as printed.
NOTES:—
The Old Countess of Desmond 145
The Imperial Eagle of France 147
Folk Lore:—Valentine's Day—Nottingham Hornblowing—Bee Superstitions; Blessing Apple-trees; "A Neck! a Neck!"—Hooping Cough 148
Note on the Coins of Vabalathus 148
The Agnomen of "Brother Jonathan," of Masonic Origin 149
Minor Notes:—Hippopotamus, Behemoth—Curious Inscription—Coins of Edward III. struck at Antwerp in 1337 149
QUERIES:—
Is the Walrus found in the Baltic? 150
English Free Towns, by J. H. Parker 150
Minor Queries:—Bishop Hall's Resolutions—Mother Huff and Mother Damnable—Sir Samuel Garth—German's Lips—Richard Leveridge—Thomas Durfey—Audley Family—Ink—Mistletoe excluded from Churches—Blind taught to read—Hyrne, Meaning of—The fairest Attendant of the Scottish Queen—"Soud, soud, soud, soud!"—Key Experiments—Shield of Hercules—"Sum Liber, et non sum," &c. 150
MINOR QUERIESANSWERED:—Whipping a Husband; Hudibras—Aldus—"The last links are broken"—Under Weigh or Way—The Pope's Eye—"History is Philosophy" 152
REPLIES:—
Coverdale's Bible, by George Offor 153<