Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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_The Nightmare._--I recently observed a large stone, having a natural hole through it, suspended inside a Suffolk farmer's cow-house. Upon inquiry of a labourer, I was informed...

28. _Armorial Bearings._--Can any of your correspondents inform me to what family the following arms belonged: Sa. a lion ramp. or, betw. three fleur-de-lys ermine. Crest, a sea...

6. "Holland also printed a copy of Latin verses before Alexander's _Roxana_, 1632." No such work exists. He may have printed verses before the _Roxana_ of W. Alabaster, who was...

14. It is now to be considered whether, supposing that the word might mean _a potion_ (whether of _vinegar_ or _wormwood_) or _a river_, the potion or the river is the more appl...

_Dies Iræ, Dies Illa_ (Vol. ii p. 72. Vol. iii., p. 468.).--Although some time has elapsed since the Query on this hymn appeared, yet as no very definite reply has been given, I...

_Registry of British Subjects Abroad_ (Vol. iv., p. 7.).--All English chaplains on the Continent are licensed to their respective chaplaincies by the Bishop of London, and are w...

MR. SINGER'S "WORMWOOD;" embracing a restoration of the Author's reply, mutilated in "NOTES AND QUERIES," No. 72.; with a Note on the Monk of Bury; and a Reading of Shakespeare'...