Mar. is. 1852.] 



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fixed in the steam-pipe of an engine, to which the 

 governor is attached, to throttle or reduce the sup- 

 ply of steam to the cylinder. In some engines, as 

 the locomotive, there is no governor motion, and 

 the throttle-valve is consequently used by hand. 



Waste-pit : a vertical pit or well, leading from 

 the '■'• overjiow" on the embankment into the sup- 

 ply ; or» in this case, the " waste culvert." 



Drawer: the man employed to draw water from 

 the reservoir by raising the " shuttle." 



Such is a brief explanation of some of the pro- 

 vincial and technical words used in the Ilolmefirth 

 inquiry ; and I think some of the readers of " N. 

 & Q." will have a right to say that a process of 

 desynonymising is required. So many names for 

 the same thing, unless they are all understood, 

 generally lead to confusion. 



Robert Rawlinson. 



In the neighbourhood of Canterbury we have 

 the following. 



Nail-bourn is the name given to an intermittent 

 land-spring, showing itself at uncertain intervals. 

 There is one in the parish of Petham, another 

 near Sir John Ilonywood's at Evington, and a 

 third at Barham. 



2^0 chastise is commonly used in the sense of 

 Jo tax, or to charge, a man ; and is probably a 

 mere corruption of to catechise. 



Gazel is the Kentish word for the black currant. 



To get tucker means to get loose or flabby. 

 • To terrify is used almost universally for to 

 tease, to irritate. *. 



I beg to forward for " N. & Q.," according to 

 the suggestion of Mr. Rawjlinson, a few pro- 

 vincialisms. I know not whether my orthography 

 is correct, as I have never seen the words written, 

 ^nd tlierefore only spell them according to the 

 sound. 



Critch (Hants) : any earthenware vessel; ajar. 



Dillijon: a heavy two-wheeled cart. This 

 word's similarity to the French diligence is appa- 

 xent. I have only heard it at FuUerton, a se- 

 cluded spot in Hampshire. 



Ratilemice * : bats. 



Scug* (Hants) : a squirrel. "Let's go scug- 

 Iiunting" is a common phrase. 



Yesses (Dorsetshire) : earth-worms. 



Unicorn. 



MACARONIC POETRY. 



(Vol. v., p. 166.) 



In the " Notes on Books " references are made to 

 Mr. Sandys' Specimens of Macaronic Poetry, and to 

 M. Octave Delepierre's Macaroneana. This latter 



[* The words thus marked will be found in Halli' 

 well; where we also read Esses, large worms (Kent). 

 —Ed.] 



work I have not yet seen, but if it does not con- 

 tain the following specimen which I recollect 

 reading many years ago in a costly work. Wild 

 Spoj'ts of the East, but which I have not since 

 seen, I think its insertion may amuse the readers 

 of " N. & Q." : 



" Anna virumque cano qui pruno solebo peeping 

 Jam nunc cum tabbynox languet to button her eyelids 

 Cum pointers ct spaniels campos sylvasque pererrant 

 Vos mihi — Brontothesi over arms small and great 



dominantes 

 Date spurs to dull poet qui dog Latin carmina condit 

 Artlbus atque novis audax dum sportsman I follow 

 Per stubbles et turnips et tot discrimina rerum 

 Dum partridge with popping terrificare minantur 

 Pauci namque valent a feather tangere plumbo 

 Carmina si hang fire discharge them bag piping 



Apollo 

 Te quoque magne cleator, te memorande precanur 

 Jam nunc thy fame gallops super Garamantos et 



Indos 

 Nam nabobs nil nisi de brimstone et charcoal lo» 



qiientur 

 Horriferifizque 'Tippoo' sulphurea, sustinet arma 

 Induit ecce shooter tuncam made of meat marble 



drugget 

 Quae bene convenient defluxit to the waistband of 



breeches 

 Nunc paper et powder et silices popped in the side 



pocket 

 Immemor baud sljot bag graditur comitatus two 



pointers 

 Mellorian retinens tormentum dextra bibarelled 

 En Stat staunch dog Dingo baud aliter quam stead5r 



guide post 

 Proximus atque Pero per stat si ponere juxta 

 With gun cocked and levelled et a;va lumine clauso 

 Nunc avicida resolves baud double strong parcere 



powder 

 Vos teneri yelpers vos grandivique parentes 

 Nunc palsy pate Jove orate to dress to the left hand 

 EtVeneri tip the wink like a shot to skim down ab alto 

 Mingere per touch hole totamque madesceri priming 

 Nunc lugite dire nunc sportsman plangite palmas 

 Ex silis ecce lepus from box cum thistle aperto 

 Bang bellowed both barrels, heu ! pronus sternitur 



eacli dog 

 Et puss in the interim creeps away sub tegmine thora 



bnsh." 



These verses I have dictated from memory after 

 forty years, and there may be some verbal inac- 

 curacies. The name of "Tippoo" seems to point 

 out their Eastern origin, but I am not certain of 

 the exact title of the work from which I quote 

 them, and I am indebted to " N. & Q." for the 

 name of Mr. Sandys as the author of Specimens of 

 Macaronic Poems. In my copy there is no indi- 

 cation of the author. Was there a second edition ? 



James Cornish. 



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