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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[-2->rt.«. VII. May 14. '59. 



there was no other course than to impale the hus- 

 band's coat with a blank one. The effect, how- 

 ever, was singular. Vebna. 



Northampton Witches. — Sternber<r, in his Dia- 

 lect and Folk- Lure of NoTthnrnptonshirCy p. 152., 

 mentions the execution of witches at Northamp- 

 ton in 1705 and on July 22, 1712. Where can I 

 find an account of these cases ? M. E. N. 



Parn. Prometh. — I have an old copy of Mar- 

 timis ScribleruSi in the margins of which are 

 mail)' additional examples of the bathos. By 



" Should the whole frame of nature round him break, 

 He undisturbed would hear the mighty crack," 

 is written, 



"Him /Etna binds, mother of frosts and snow, 

 Heaven's prop above, hell's aperture below. 

 Whence sulphury vapours dim the morning light. 

 And lurid flames add horror to the night; 

 While molten rocks in unappeased commotion, 

 Roll, splash, and crackle in the billowy ocean." 



Parn. Prometh. 



For what does " Parn. Prometh." stand ? I 

 cannot find the lines in Parnell, and wish to know 

 their author. M, E. N. 



Family of Fisher, Roxburghshire. — Can any of 

 your readers give me any information respecting 

 this, I believe, very ancient family ? The fol- 

 lowing is all I have been able to ascertain. There 

 were two branches of the name ; the one pos- 

 sessing the estate of Housebyres, and an old ruin- 

 ous tower in the village of Darnick, near Melrose, 

 still called " Fisher's Tower ; " and the other 

 branch, the estate of Sorrowlersfield, between 

 Melrose and Earlstoune. The first of these 

 branches terminated in several co-heiresses, who 

 all married about the end of the last century, 

 and, I believe, left issue. The last proprietor of 

 Sorrowlersfield died in 1826, and is buried under 

 the east window of Melrose Abbey. The first of 

 these families is the one I am anxious to inves- 

 tigate, and any information, however trivial, re- 

 specting the antiquities of this branch, will prove 

 very acceptable. 



Nisbet gives two coats as borne by the name of 

 Fisher. The 1st, az. 3 salmons naiant Tun sur 

 I'autre ; 2nd, arg. on a chief gul., a dolphin naiant, 

 embowed of the field. Which of these has the 

 bearing of the Darnick branch ? Sigma Theta. 



Folkestone. 



Norwich Bells. — Within the last ninety years 

 ten of the churches in Norwich have been de- 

 spoiled of their bells. Six of them had peals of 

 five, four but three. Of the forty-two bells 

 which composed these peals about seven were 

 broken ; ten remain in their towers (or having 

 been since split are replaced by new ones), and^I 

 have ascertained the churches at which five are 

 now doing duty. I shall esteem it a great favour to 



be informed of the whereabouts of any of the re- 

 maining twenty. A copy of the inscription on 

 any of the bells would also be very useful. 



The treble bell from the church of St. Martin 

 at Palace, Norwich, is now, I am told, at Brock- 

 dish, Suffolk. Can any Suffolk correspondent of 

 " N. & Q." confirm this, and kindly furnish me 

 with a copy of the inscription? Vocor Johannes. 



Bugs. — In the Daily Post of Saturday, Jan. 

 10th, 1730, it is said : — 



" Last Thursday at the Roj-al Society was read a curi- 

 ous Discourse, drawn up by Mr. Southwell, concerning 

 the Original, Nature, and Propagation of Bugs, with a 

 remedy discovered by him in Jamaica, and now much 

 improved for the public benefit. During the Heading 

 this Piece, the several degrees or ages of this Vermin 

 were shown in preparations for that purpose to the Mem- 

 bers of the Society, and the author had their public 

 Thanks for, and Approbation of his useful Discovery." 



Can you inform me whether the Royal Society 

 ever printed any account of the Memoir here re- 

 ferred to ? R. S. S. 



Pronunciation of Words ending in aid. — I was 

 at a lecture not long since, and heard the lecturer 

 use the word " Anthropoid " as a trisyllable, pro- 

 nouncing it as in the word void. Surely it should 

 be anthropo-id, as a quadrisyllable. I think 

 " astero-id," " oidium," and some others of the 

 same derivation, are always pronounced with the 



and i distinct, and not united as a diphthong. It 

 is not necessary to urge any reasons as to the 

 utility of pronouncing and printing words in such 

 a way as to keep their derivation, and therefore 

 their true meaning, in view. I may add that 

 Canning, no mean authority, in the Loves of the 

 Tinangles, certainly used " conchoid," "cycloid" 

 as trisyllables. F. Fitz-Henbt. 



Small Bells. — When in Essex a short time ago, 



1 was surprised to see little bells hung outside 

 the church spires about half way up. I noticed 

 them on the spires of the parish churches of Ickle- 

 ton, Great Bardfield, and Weathersfield. Will 

 some one tell me their use, and the date of them ? 



G. W. M. 



Rev. Richard Johnson. — This gentleman was 

 the first chaplain sent to New South Wales, 

 rather more than seventy .years ago, and there is 

 cursory mention made of him in the Wilberforce 

 Correspondence, London, 1840, vol. i., pp. 15. and 

 230. He was most exemplary in his ecclesiastical 

 functions, and also directed his attention to all 

 measures of usefulness in the colony. He re- 

 mained many years in New South Wales, and re- 

 turning to England, was, I believe, preferred to 

 some benefice in this country. I should take it 

 as a favour if any correspondent of "N. & Q." 



