Notes and Queries
NOTES: Sir William Gascoigne, by Edward Foss An old Guy, by Dr. Bell Folk Lore:--Folk Lore of South Northamptonshire, No. 2 Mice, Snakes, Poultry, Crows, Owls, Cuckoos, &c. Minor Notes:--Hon. A. Erskine--Gloves--Punishment of Death by Burning--India Rubber
"_Wrusum or Wursum._"--The latter is the correct reading. Trotter Brockett includes the word amongst Northern Provincialisms.--"_Wursum_, pus, particularly when foul." Jamieson...
1. Chapter 1NOTES: Sir William Gascoigne, by Edward Foss An old Guy, by Dr. Bell Folk Lore:--Folk Lore of South Northamptonshire, No. 2 Mice, Snakes, Poultry, Crows, Owls, Cuckoos, &c. Mino...
2. Chapter 2The use of gloves must be of very high antiquity. In the Middle Ages the priest who celebrated mass always, I believe, wore them during that ceremony; but it was just the contra...
4. Chapter 4_Scarf_ (Vol. ii, p. 126.).--The custom of the Church for many centuries, which is the authority for the wearing of the scarf, or stole, sanctions the use of it by all orders of...