Vol. V.—No. 132. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

On Sir Robert Peel, and his Claims to be remembered by the Literary Men of England 433

Sitting in Bede's Chair, by Cuthbert Bede 434

Inedited Poetry, by W. Sparrow Simpson 435

On a Passage in "Measure for Measure," Act I. Sc. 1., by S. W. Singer 435

Folk Lore:—Sites of Buildings mysteriously changed—Burning the Bush—Essex Superstition 436

Old Song, "Not long ago I drank a full Pot" 437

Minor Notes:—Boston and Bunker's Hill—Snooks—Last Slave sold in England—Hoax on Sir Walter Scott 438

Irish Queries 439

Minor Queries:—The Azores—Johnny Crapaud—Poems in the "Spectator"—Old John Harries, "Bishop of Wales"—University Hood—Black Rood in Scotland; Cross Neytz—Crown Jewels once kept at Holt Castle—"Cane Decane," &c.—Rev. John Meekins, D.D.—Finsbury Manor—Frebord—The Stature of Queen Elizabeth—Portrait of Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough—Inscription by Luther—"O Juvenis frustra," &c.—All-fours—Richard, second Son of the Conqueror—Francis Walkinghame—Optical Phenomenon 439

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Abraham-men—Author of "Le Blason des Couleurs"—Banyan-day—General Urmston—Works of Alexander Neville—Lindisfarne—Index to the Critical Review—"No great shakes" Translation of Richard de Bury—Life of Ken—Wedding Rings—Monasteries, &c. dissolved—Bishops at the Hampton Court Controversy 442

Scottish Regalia 443

Gospel Oaks, by Professor Theodore Goedes 444

Mitigation of Capital Punishment to a Forger 444

Lords Marchers of Wales, by E. Smirke 445

Doctrine of the Resurrection 446

Can a Clergyman marry himself? 446

Replies to Minor Queries:—Algernon Sydney—Cock-and-Bull Stories—Thomas Crawford—Longevity—Theological Tract: The Huntyng of the Romish Fox—Moke—Ground Ice—Nobleman alluded to by Bishop Berkeley—House at Welling—Constable of Scotland—The Iron Plate in Lewes Castle—Chelwoldesbury—"The King's Booke"—Key Experiments—Rhymes on Places—Old Scots March, &c.—Ecclesiastical Geography—"Please the Pigs"—The Word Shunt—Plato's Lines in "Antho. Palat."—Abigail—Nuremberg Token—Meaning of Lode—Mother Damnable—Monuments of De la Beche Family—Coke and Cowper—Monumental Portraits—Motto on Chimney-piece—"Ve dâl am daro"—White-livered—Enigmatical Epitaphs—Pelican in her Piety, &c. 447

Notes on Books, &c. 454

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 454

Notices to Correspondents 454

Advertisements 455