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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'»d S. VII. May 7. '59. 



from pure white through many shades of purple. 

 It is generally understood, I believe, that the term 

 lilac always means the purple tinted flower. If 

 lilac means a light purple, then a ivhite lilac is a 

 contradiction. Pishey Thompson. 



Stoke Newington. 



Terminations in -ness (passim.) — In Lincoln- 

 shire are Clayness or Cleaness, Ness Hundred, and 

 Skegness. Does this county contain any other 

 names of places having this termination ? Perhaps 

 Mr. Pishey Thompson would have the kindness 

 to inform me ? Where is Newton Ness ? I have 

 a list before me of fifty-five names of places in 

 England with this aflix. Wm. Matthews. 



Cowgill. 



CM (1" S. ix. 327. 383.) — Carlyle says, in his 

 History of Frederick the Great (i. 111.) : — 



"This was the era (1190) of Chivalry Orders, and Ge- 

 lubde ; time for Bodies of Men uniting themselves by a 

 Sacred Vow, ' GelUbde ; ' — which word and thing have 

 passed over to us in a singularly dwindled condition: 

 •Club' we now call it; and the vow, if sacred, does not 

 rank very high! Templars and Hospitallers were al- 

 ready famous bodies; the latter now almost a century 

 old. Walpot's new GelUbde was of similar intent, only 

 German in kind, the protection, defence, and solacement 

 of Pilgrims, with whatever that might involve." 



But the mere resemblance in sound of gelilbde 

 and club is inconclusive, for the Orders of Tem- 

 plars, Hospitallers, and Prussian Knights were 

 never called clubs in England ; and the origin of 

 the noun need not be sought for beyond its verb 

 to club, when persons joined in paying the cost of 

 their mutual entertainment; and although there 

 may have been many clubs, — carent quia vate 

 sacro, — none of literary or historical notice had 

 any existence prior to the sixteenth century, or 

 four centuries after the era above mentioned by 

 Carlyle. Moreover, Klubb, in German, means the 

 social club ; and that word is borrowed from the 

 English, the native word being zeche, which, from 

 its root and compounds, conveys the idea generally 

 of joint expenditure, and specially in drinking. 



T. J. BUCKTON. 



Lichfield. 



Crucifying Children by the Jews (2"'^ S. vii. 261.) 

 — Although there is no doubt these stories are as 

 mistaken as the calumnies against the early Chris- 

 tians, yet it is extremely strange they should be 

 continually springing up at all times, and all 

 places. Were they only of mediaeval origin, we 

 should not wonder so much — but it is not more 

 than about fifteen years ago the same tale was 

 revived, I think, at Aleppo. There was a long 

 controversy in the Times on the subject, in which 

 a very celebrated Oxford man took a conspicuous 

 part, and a long list of instances quoted where 

 similar charges had been made. One passage, 

 however, was overlooked which may be found in 



book i. chap, xx., and book 2. chap. i. of Chrysal. 

 The scene is laid in one of the Hanse Towns in 

 1758, and the circumstances are mucli the same 

 as those related in the other stories. The book is 

 perhaps of no authority as to facts ; it only serves 

 to show that such a tradition existed a hundred 

 years ago, and was thought worthy of record in a 

 work professing to exhibit the manners and cus- 

 toms of that day. There can be little doubt this 

 constant recurrence of the same story arises from 

 a misconception of some Jewish dogma or rite. 

 Can none of the learned among the Rabbinical 

 scholars clear up the matter, much as Minucius 

 Felix did as regarded the calumnies against the 

 early Christians P A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Church Tune, "-Wareham" (2"^ S.vii.217.346.) 

 — I have to thank Dr. Edward F. Rimbault for 

 his reply to my Query. Is " Knapp," whose name 

 is given in the music to " Psalms and Hymns," by 

 W. J. Hall, M.A., Rivingtons, London, as the 

 composer of " Weston Favel," identical with the 

 composer of " Wareham ? " Vryan Rheged. 



Feminine of ," his'ii" (2"'^ S. vii. 118.)— The 

 following lines, which I have often heard repeated, 

 afford additional proof that the feminine of " his'n" 

 is " her'n " : — 



" When Peggy's arms her dog imprison, 

 I've often wished my lot was his'n. 

 How often would I stand and turn. 

 To get a pat from hands like her'n." 



J. P. 



Boston, U. S. A. 



Marriage Custom (2°* S. v. 306.) — In the 

 centre of a village, nine miles south of Glasgow, 

 there is one of those little, round, isolated mounts, 

 commonly called "judgment seats," 'and named 

 by the residents the " Mote." In times not very 

 far back it was usual, after the celebration of a 

 marriage in the village, for the wedded pair with 

 I their friends to assemble on the flat top of the 

 mote, and enjoy themselves with merry dancing ; 

 the penalty for the neglect of which was sterility 

 to the newly-united couple ; and so strongly did 

 this opinion prevail, that in few instances was the 

 custom omitted. A number of years since the 

 extension of a public work near the Mote re- 

 quired the latter to be partly sliced away, but 

 which was not done without considerable opposi- 

 tion from the older inhabitants. G. N. 



Ancient Epigram (2°'' S. vii. 316.) — "Mar- 

 moreo licinus, &c.," attributed to Varro Atacinus. 

 See Antholog. Lat. Epigrammatum, ^c. ii. 37. E. 



Hugh de Calverley (2"'^ S. vi. 18.) — Where can 

 I obtain information respecting the Hue de Ca- 

 verle, or Caverley, spoken of by Mr. Mac Cabe 

 as being in possession of Dinan anno 1 354 ? 



Meletes. 



