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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 133. 



of any mention in the ordinary " Baronetages, 

 Knightages," &c. &c. ; as also the mode in which 

 tlie individuals who claim them are addressed in 

 ordinary conversation. Harry Leroy Temple. 



Sir Hohhard de Hoy. — A common term for a 

 lad between boyhood and manhood is a hobhledehoy. 

 I find an early use of this word in Tusser's Hun- 

 dred Points of Husbandry, a.d. 1557, in his verses 

 entitled Mans age divided here ye have, By Pren- 

 ticeships from birth to grave. 



" The first seven years bring up as a child, 

 The next to learning, for waxing too wild ; 

 The next keep under Sir Hohbard de Hoy, 

 The next a man, no longer a boy," &c. 

 Can you tell me the origin of this curious term ? 



W.W.E. T. 

 Warwick Square, Belgravia. 



The Moon and her Influences. — Can any of 

 your readers inform me of books treating scienti- 

 fically, or giving traditional notices, about the sup- 

 posed influences of the moon ; for instance, on the 

 tides, on lunatics, on timber felled during the 

 wane, on fish taken by moonlight in the tropics ? 



Also can any account be given of the origin of 

 the tradition that connects " the man in the moon " 

 with the history given of the "man gathering 

 sticks upon the Sabbath day " (Numbers, xv. 

 32—36.) ? W. H. 



St. UlricKs, Augsburg. — In Pugin's Glossary 

 of Ecclesiastical Ornament, the author refers to a 

 book containing an account, with illustrations, of 

 the Tresor of the church of St. Ulrich at Augs- 

 burg ; he also adds, " this book is now very rai*e." 

 Could any of your correspondents inform me who 

 is the author ; for I have searched the Museum 

 catalogue under the names "Augsburg and Ulric, 

 or Udalric," without any success ? Probably, if I 

 had the author's name, I might run some chance 

 of finding it. W.B. 



The late Mr. Miller of Craigentinny. — I should 

 be glad if any of your Edinburgh or other cor- 

 respondents could favour me with any particulars 

 relating to the above gentleman. He was a well- 

 known book collector, and in the spirit of his pur- 

 chases the legitimate successor of llichard Heber. 

 He bequeathed his noble collection of books to 

 the Advocates' Library of Edinburgh. In early 

 English poetry the collection is almost unrivalled. 

 Mr. Miller was the purchaser of the Heber Ballads. 

 The collection, in money market value, is nearly 

 equal to the Grenville gift to the British Museum. 

 I have heard the title to the property of Craig- 

 entinny was in dispute. 



Petropromontoriensis. 



Whipping Boys. — Will any correspondent of 

 " N, & Q." inform me when ceased the custom of 

 male heirs apparent to the throne of England 

 having whipping boys ? w^hen and why it ori- 



ginated ? what remuneration such boys received ? 

 and whether our queens had during their state 

 of pupillage any such kinds of convenience. I 

 have only met with the names of two whipping 

 boys; Brown, who stood for Edward VI., and 

 Mungo Murray, who did the like for Charles. 



Thos. Lawrence, 

 Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 



Edwards of Essex. — This family can be traced 

 to Anstey from 1700. A descendant in New 

 York has the arms : Argent, a fess ermines be- 

 tween 3. martlets (2. and 1.) sable. Can any 

 correspondent find him any old branches of his 

 family tree ? E. 



New York. 



Polynesian Languages. — Where could I obtain 

 Testaments in the various languages of Polynesia, 

 more especially in the Feejeean and Samoan ? I 

 have applied at the British and Foreign Bible 

 Society without success. These Testaments have 

 been published by this society. Eblanensis. 



[Our correspondent should consult' The Bible of 

 every Land, lately published by Bagster and Sons, 

 which gives some account of the different Polynesian 

 and Malayan versions. — See Class V., pp. 299 — 312.] 



Arms of Thompson. — Will any of your Lan- 

 cashire correspondents be kind enough to inform 

 me whether they have ever met with the following- 

 arms in connexion with the name of Thompson, in 

 any work on the history of Lancashire, or on any 

 monument in that county, namely, " Per pale, ar- 

 gent and sable, a fess embattled between three 

 falcons, countercharged, belled or?" I believe a 

 family of the name to which the arms are attri- 

 buted held landed property in the neighbourhood 

 of Hornby and Gressingham. Jaytee. 



[We know nothing beyond the fact of such a coat 

 being described in an ordinary of arms for Thompson of 

 Lancashire, without any particular locality.] 



The Silent Woman. — What is the origin of the 

 old sign-board " The Silent Woman ? " She is 

 represented headless, holding her head under her 

 arm. There is, or was, a sign of this at a small 

 ale-house not far from Ledbury, in Herefordshire,, 

 and I was told it was not an uncommon sign in 

 these parts. F. J. H. 



Edinburgh. 



[Has not this sign, which we have seen also de- 

 scribed as that of The Good Woman, its origin in the 

 satirical spirit which prompted the Dutch epigrammist 

 to write, — 



" A woman born without a tongue, 

 I can conceive it ; 

 But silent, with a tongue in her head, 

 I'll ne'er believe it."] 



