2'»<«S. No 72., May 10. '57.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



SjB3 



liave somewhere met with the phrases, " a proud 

 peat," and " as proud as a peat," for wliich this 

 meaning serves well enough ; but it hardly seems 

 to me, without much straining, to be applicable to 

 sickness. 



" Quiesed us a good deal." Questioned ? No 

 help whatever from B. H. or W. 



Puzzened, poisoned I suppose. Nothing in B. 

 H. has " Pussomed, poisoned ( Yorksh.) ; " and 

 ^^ Puzzum, spite, malice (North)." W. has " Puz- 

 zum, poison ; piizzumfid, poisonous (Craven)." 



Raggeltlj/, ragged I suppose. B. has " rag- 

 gouled'^ and " ragguled" two heraldic terms with 

 nearly that meanin;^, II. and W. have " ragguled, 

 sawed off (Devon) ; " and " raggaly, villanous 

 (Yorksh.)." 



Staived. Fatigued (in note, citing Brockett). 

 II. & W. have "statv, to stay or hinder (North) ;" 

 and "to be restive (Lane.) ;" and both also have 

 " stawed, placed," but without authority or ex- 

 ample in either case. Why have they both missed 

 Brockett's meaning ? 



" Stordt it [the meal] int' frying-pan." No help 

 whatever from B. H. or W. 



" Kursmas teea." Christmas ivJiai ? " At Kurs- 

 mas teea ther was t' maskers, and on Kursmas day 

 at mworn they gav us," &c. &c. No help here 

 from B. II. or W. 



" Thach, as wet as." I can find no other mean- 

 ing in B. H. or W. for thack or thache, but thatch : 

 the roofing of houses, whether of straw, rushes, or 

 the like. " As wet as muck" is a vulgarism not 

 unknown to me ; but I hardly see the necessity of 

 " as wet as thack,'' unless after a heavy shower, or 

 unless the word have some other meaning. 



In " N. & Q." (P' S. vii. 569.) occurs an " Early 

 Satirical Poem," in four stanzas : — 



Gomards, stanza ii. ; ryllyons, ibid. No clue 

 whatever in B. II. or W. 



Symgis. A note says, " doubtful, but perhaps 

 for syiigies, an old name for the finch." I look in 

 vain in B. H. and W. both for the "doubtful" 

 word and the " old name." 



" Yn sy}-ryd" with " ooyddes penner,'' " ye be7'e 

 hoys income," stanza iv. This stanza is certainly 

 very diflicult throughout. H. and W. have " pen- 

 ner, a pen- case ;" but this is the only clue, if clue 

 it be, which I can find. 



From all which Notes arises the Query, When 

 shall we have a really good and nearly complete 

 dictionai-y of this kind ? From the collections of 

 a few weeks, I could add hundreds of words, and 

 note-worthy variations of orthography and pro- 

 nunciation, not to be found in Halliwell. [I have 

 had time to examine Wright only for the purposes 

 of" this note.] At present I content myself with 

 hinting, as above, at the short-comings of a very 

 valuable work ; whose present contents might be 

 made infinitely more useful, by more grouping and 

 classification, a la Richardson, or more reference 



to varying forms and cognate words, not otherwise 

 likely to occur to the inquirer. / should like to 

 see, in innumerable cases, a far more liberal illus- 

 tration by quotation. I know this would con- 

 siderably increase both bulk and expense ; but 

 what good dictionary ever was a cheap book ? 



Harky Leroy Temple. 



INEDITED LETTER AND VERSES BY GARRICK. 



I enclose a copy of a letter from Garrick to n 

 Mr. Stanley, called in the endorsement " of the 

 Custom House," which fell into my hands the other 

 diiy among some family papers. The poetical 

 efiusion is on the other half the sheet. I send it 

 in case you think it deserving of insertion in " N. 

 & Q." E. C. Bayley. 



10. Eaton Place. "W. 



« Dear Sir, 

 " Not Kachael weeping for her children could shew 

 more sorrow, than Mrs. Garrick — not weeping for her 

 children; she has none — nor indeed for her Husband, 

 thaidis be to the humour of the times, she can be as phi- 

 losophical upon that subject, as her betters. What does 

 she weep for then? Shall I dare tell j'ou? it is — it is 

 for the loss of a Chintz 13ed and Curtains. The tale is 

 short, and is as follows : I have taken some pains to 

 oblige the Gentlemen of Calcutta by sending them plays, 

 scenes, and other services in my way — in return they 

 have sent me Madiera, and poor Kachael the unfortunate 

 Chintz. She has had it four years, and upon making 

 some alterations in our little Place at Hampton, she in- 

 tended to show away with her prohibited present. She 

 had prepai-ed paper, chairs, &c., for this favourite token of 

 Indian gratitude. But alas ! all human felicity is frail, 

 no care liaving been taken on my Wife's part, and some 

 treachery exerted against her, it was seized, the very bed, 

 by the coarse hands of filthy dungeon villains, and then 

 thrown amongst the common lumber. 



" If you have the least pity for a distressed Female, any 

 regard for her Husband (for he has a sad time of it), or 

 any wishes to see the environs of Bushy Park made tole- 

 rably neat and clean, you may put y'' finger and thumb 

 to the business and take the thorn out of Rachael'a side. 

 " I am, Dear Sir, y", 



« D. G." 

 " Petition, 

 " ! Stanley give ear to a Husband's petition. 

 Whose wife well deserves her distressful condition, 

 Regardless of his, and the laws prohibition. 

 If you knew what I suffer since she has been caught 

 (On the husband's poor head ever falls the Wife's fault), 

 You would lend a kind hand to the contraband Jade, 

 And screen her for once in her illicit trade. 

 For true as 'tis said since the first Eve undid 'em, 

 Frail woman will long for the fruit that's forbidden, 

 And Husbands are taught now a days spight* of 



struggles, 

 Politely to pardon a Wife though she smuggles. 

 If their Honors or you when the Sex go astray. 

 Have sometimes inclin'd to go with them that way, 

 We hope to her wishes you will not say n&y. 

 'Tis said that all judges this maxim do keep, 

 Not their justice to tire, but at times let it sleep. 



* Sic in orig. 



