Mar. 2-7. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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are all Latin, are quite unconnected and unmean- 

 ing, but -when separated or united they become 

 converted into our own language, or rather into a 

 mixture of English and Irish. I have thought it 

 absolutely necessary to annex a key 



MI MOI-LE ANNI. 

 An Irish Ballad. 



O pateo tulis aras cale fel O, 



Hebetis vivis id, an sed " Aio puer vello!" 



Vittis nox certias in erebo de nota olim, — • 



A mite grate sinimus tonitis ovem : 



" Praj saoer, do tellus, hausit," sese, 



*'Mi Molle anni cano te ver aegre?" 



Ure Molle anu cano te ver a?gre. 



Vere truso aio puellis tento me ; 



Thrasonis piano "cum Hymen" (heu sedit), 



*' Diutius toga thyrso" Hymen edidit; — 



Sentior mari aget O mare nautis alter id alas! 



Alludo isto terete ure daris pausas anas. 



■" O pater hie, heu vix en"ses Molle, and vi? 



Heu itera vere grates troche in heri. 



Ah Moliere arti fere procaciter intuitis ! 



Vos me ! for de parte da vas ure arbuteis. 



Thus thrasonis planas vel huma se, 



Vi ure Molle anu cano te ver segre. 



Betas Molle indulgent an suetas agile, — • 



Pares pector sex, uno vimen ars ille ; 



*'Quietat ure servis Jam," sato heras heu pater, 



*' Audio do missus Molle, an vatis thema ter? 



Ara mi honestatis, vetabit, diu se, — 



O mare, mi dare, cum specto me : 



Ago in a vaj aestuare, vel uno more illic, 



O mare, mi dare, cum pacto ure pater hie." 



Beavi ad visu civile, an socia luse, 



Ure Molle an huma fore ver aegre. 



Key. 



MY MOLLY AND I. 



O Paty O'Toole is a rascally fellow. 



He beat his wife's head, and said, "I hope you t.re 



well, O!" 

 "With his knocks, Sir, she has in her body not a ; 



whole limb, — 

 A mighty great sin I must own it is of him. 

 *' Pray say, Sir, do tell us, how is it," says he, 

 *' My Molly and I cannot ever agree ?" 

 Your Molly and you cannot ever agree : 

 Very true, so I hope you will listen to me ; 

 The raso7i is plain, " O come. Hymen " (you said it), 

 Do ye tie us togather. So Hymen he did it. 

 Since your marriage to Mary now 'tis alter'd, alas ! 

 All you do is to trate your dear spouse as an ass. 

 ^' O Patrick ! you vixen," says Molly, and why ? 

 You hit her a very great stroke in her eye. 

 Ah Molly ! her heart I fear proke as 'twere in two 



it is ! 

 Woes me ! for departed away sure her beauty is. 

 Thus the rason is plain, as well vou may see, 

 •Why your Molly and you cannot ever agree. 



Be to Molly indulgent and stvate as a jelly, — 

 Pay respect to her sex, you know women are silly: 

 " Quite at your service, I ara," say to her as you 



pat her, 

 "How d'ye do. Misses Molly, and what is the 



matter ? 

 Arah, my honey ! stay, 'tis, wait a bit, d'ye see, — 

 O Mary, ray dary, come spake to me : 

 A-going away is't you are, well you no more I'll 



lick, 

 O Mary, my dary, come pack to your Patrick." 

 Behave, I advise you, and so shall you see. 

 Your Molly and you may for ever agree. E. N. 



33itpliti ta j^inor CSucrtc^. 



Coopers Miniatures of Cromwell (Vol. iv., p. 

 368.; Vol. v., pp. 17. 92. 189. 234. 255.).— 

 Eight years ago I saw, at the house of my 

 friend, A. Macdonald, Esq., since deceased, but 

 then living in Hyde Park Beware, three miniatures, 

 which were said to be by Cooper, of Cromwell and 

 his two daughters. The miniatures of the women 

 were, I thought, stiff and harsh ; but that of their 

 father (of which only the head was finished) ap- 

 peared to me to be the finest painting of the kind 

 that I ever saw. I examined it through a strong 

 magnifying glass, when the face exhibited all the 

 truth and force of a portrait. A high value was 

 set upon it ; but I do not know whether it was 

 sold, or where it is. Alfred Gatty. 



[We take this opportunity of stating that we have 

 availed ourself of General Fox's invitation, and exa- 

 mined the beautiful miniature of Cromwell, described 

 by him in our Number for the 6th instant, and so con- 

 siderately left by him at Colnaghi's, for the inspection 

 of all who are interested in the subject. The General 

 having placed beside it the volume of Carlyle's Crom- 

 well, containing the engraving from Cooper's minia- 

 ture in the possession of Archdeacon Berners, we arei 

 bound to agree with liim that the Archdeacon's may be 

 "better painted;" but General Fox may certainly 

 congratulate himself upon being the possessor of a 

 work of very high art, as well as of great historical 

 interest ; and one which we are extremely pleased to 

 have had the opportunity of examining. It will, we 

 believe, remain on view until tlie 31st.] 



The Vellum-bound Junius (Vol. iii., p. 262.). 

 — Your correspondent Mr. Haggard tells us, that 

 from the time he read the private correspondence 

 between Junius and Woodfall he has examined all 

 book catalogues that came in his way, in the hope 

 of finding a copy, or the copy, '' bound in vellum" 

 — so bound by Woodfall, for and at the express 

 desire of Junius. Of course the edition so bound 

 was " the author's edition," as Junius calls it» 

 the edition of 1772, printed by H. J. Woodfall. 

 At last, says Mb. Haggard, " the long-wished-for 

 object appeared at the Stowe sale;" but though. 



