# Notes and Queries, Number 172, February 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Author: Various; Bell, George, 1814-1890 [Editor]

Genre: Notes and Queries

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42787

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## Summary

MINOR QUERIES:--Mediæval Parchment--"Mater ait natæ"--Fox of Whittlebury Forest--Names and Numbers of British Regiments--Daughters of St. Mark--Kentish Fire--Optical Phenomenon--Cardinal Bentivoglio's Description of England--Remarkable Signs--Old Fable--Tide Tables--Passage in Ovid--Roger Pele, Abbot of Furness--Curtseys and Bows--Historical Proverb--Bishop Patrick's "Parable of a Pilgrim"--Dr. Parr's Dedications--"Königl. Schwedischer in Teutschland geführter Krieg"--"Officium Birgittinum Anglice"--Campbell's Hymn on the Nativity 155

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/notes-and-queries-number-172-february-12-1853-a-medium-of-inter-33b35bf1/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/notes-and-queries-number-172-february-12-1853-a-medium-of-inter-33b35bf1/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/notes-and-queries-number-172-february-12-1853-a-medium-of-inter-33b35bf1/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/notes-and-queries-number-172-february-12-1853-a-medium-of-inter-33b35bf1/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/notes-and-queries-number-172-february-12-1853-a-medium-of-inter-33b35bf1/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/notes-and-queries-number-172-february-12-1853-a-medium-of-inter-33b35bf1/chapters/6/index.md)