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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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etched by Adam de Cardonnel, is a list of the 

 different monastic establishments in Scotland. If 

 your correspondent has not seen this volume, 

 which I apprehend to be rather scarce (it was 

 printed for tlie author in 1788), I shall be happy 

 to supply him with a transcript of the list that 

 Mr. De Cardonnel has given in his introduction. 



M.S. 



History of Brittany (Vol. v., p. 59.). — Mr. 

 Kersley will find much information of the kind 

 he wishes in the genealogies of the families of 

 Bretagne by D'Hosier, " Chevalier, Conseiller du 

 roy en ses conseils, Jusje d'Armes de la Noblesse 

 de France," circiter 1765. 



My copy of the Genealogies of Normandy, by 

 d'Hosier, was bought at Quaritch's, who also, I 

 remember, a few months ago advertised other sets 

 of the same herald, and I think Brittany amongst 

 them. I. J. H. H. 



St. Asaph. 



Marches of Wales, and Lords Marchers (Vol. v., 

 pp. 30. 135.). — In connexion with this Query, 

 it may be interesting to G. to know that Mr. 

 Thos. Davies Lloyd, of Bronwydd, Caermar- 

 thenshire, is the only " Lord Marcher now extant 

 in the kingdom" (extract from a letter of Mr. 

 Lloyd to me). Mr. Lloyd holds the barony of 

 Kemes, in the county of Pembroke, which was 

 erected into a Lordship Marcher by Martin de 

 Tours, one of the companions of William I., who 

 exercised the Jura Regalia, and other peculiar 

 privileges. 1. J. H. H. 



St. Asaph. 



The Broad Arrow (Vol. iv., pp. 315. 371. 412. ; 

 Vol. v., p. 1 15.). — I can see nothing to connect 

 this symbol with the worship of Mithras, but I 

 have always fancied it of much earlier date than 

 that commonly assigned to it. A coin of Carau- 

 sius with a Greek legend would be an object of 

 great interest to our English numismatists, but 

 notiiing of tiie kind has ever been seen ! My 

 reason for thinking that the symbol of the "broad 

 arrow " is one of considerable antiquity is, that the 

 name by which sailors and " longshore " people 

 designate it, namely, the " Broad Ar," is clearly 

 not a vulgarism, but an archaism. In the north 

 of England " ar " or " arr " is still used for a mark. 

 It occurs on very early Danish coins, and I en- 

 tertained a hope that some northern antiquary 

 would have told me how it originated ; but my 

 enquiry has ended in disappointment. Query, 

 When was the Pheon, which it is supposed to be, 

 first used as an heraldic device ? I have before 

 me a coin of Stralsund, minted in the fourteenth 

 century, with the Pheon for the principal type. 

 By German writers this object is called a fish- 

 spear, but I cannot help thinking that its origin 

 may be connected with the broad arrow. 



J. Y. Akeeman. 

 J 



Miniature of Cromwell (Vol. iv., p. 368. ; Vol. v.^ 

 pp. 17. 92.). — In addition to those already men- 

 tioned, I have seen in the possession of a gentleman 

 connected with a Presbyterian trust, a miniature of 

 Oliver Cromwell by Cooper. The building con- 

 nected with the trust, is one of those built after 

 the passing of the Five Mile Act, and is near Yar- 

 mouth; with which place, as is well known, 

 Cromwell was much connected. X. Y. Z. 



The Sinaitic Inscriptions (Vol. iv., p. 382.) have 

 been deciphered by^)r. E. F. Beer. Vide his Studiii 

 Asiatica, Leipsic, 1840. S. W. 



Why cold Pudding settles One's Love (Vol. v., 

 p. 50.). — As no one has replied to the Query of 

 " An F. S. a. who tovES pudding," may 1 be 

 permitted to offer the following conjectural solu- 

 tion ? In some parts of the principality it is cus- 

 tomary on the morning of a wedding-day for the 

 bridegroom, with a party of his friends, to proceed 

 to the lady's residence ; where he and his com- 

 panions are regaled with ale, bread and butter, 

 and cold custard pudding ! I hope I have hit the 

 mark! But, perhaps, it does not become me to 

 speculate upon these dainty matters. 



An Old Bachelor. 

 Hoxton. 



Covines (Vol. iv., p. 208.). — A. N.'s inquiry for 

 a reference not having been answered, 1 beg to 

 name Sir Walter Scott's Demonology and Witch- 

 craft, p. 206. ; or, if he desires to " sup full of 

 horrors," Pitcairn's Criminal Trials in Scotland, 

 vol. iv. Appendix, p. 602., where the confessions 

 of the witches of Aulderne are given at length. 

 It appears by these confessions that a covine con- 

 sists of thirteen witches ("the Deil's dozen?"), 

 of whom two are officials, the Maiden of the 

 Covine, who sits next the Deil, and with whom he 

 leads off the dance (called Gillatrypes), and the 

 officer, who, like the crier in a court of justice, 

 calls the witches at the door, when the Deil calls 

 the names from his book. 



Covine is conventus. Covent Garden. See Dr. 

 Jamieson on the word Covine-tree. W. G. 



^^Arborei foetus alibi," kc. (Vol. v., p. 58.). — Had 

 the "head master" been as well versed in the sub- 

 ject as he undoubtedly was in the words of the 

 Georgics, he would have explained to the " sixth 

 form" that, in the lines 



" Hie segetes, illic venlunt felicius uvae; 



Arborei foetus alibi, atque injussa virescunt 



Gramina." 

 the intention of the poet was to contrast an agri- 

 cultural with a pastoral district. The alibi which 

 he establishes in the case of " arborei fcetus" he 

 applies equally to "injussa gramina;" and his 

 obvious meaning is this : — One district is natu- 

 rally fitted for the cultivation of corn ; another for 

 that of vines ; whilst a third is more adapted for 



