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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 135. 



and thus spick and span-new means, shining new 

 from the warehouse. (See Tooke's Div. of Parley^ 

 vol. i. p. 527.) This, with the guesses of Wachter 

 and Ihre, may be seen by your correspondent in 

 Eiichardson. Q. 



Junitis Rumours (Vol. v., pp. 125. 159. 474.). — 

 *'N. & Q." contains abundant speculation about 

 the " Vellum-bound " to which your correspondent 

 refers (p. 474.). Some persons, I know, consider 

 it doubtful whether the printer did have a copy 

 bound in vellum as Junius directed, and they 

 strengthen their doubts by, as they assert, no such 

 copy having ever been met with. Mr. Cramp, on 

 the contrary, maintains that such copies are so 

 common that the printer must have taken the 

 Junius copy as a pattern. As Ma. Cramp, I ob- 

 serve, is become a correspondent of "N. &Q.," 

 I will take leave to direct his attention to the 

 question asked by V. B. (Vol. iii., p. 262.) Others, 

 again, assuming that the printer did have a copy 

 specially bound for Junius, think it doubtful 

 whether it ever reached him. Of these differences 

 and speculations your correspondent is evidently 

 unaware ; and he therefore raises a question as if it 

 were new, which has been under discussion for 

 thirty years. As a set-off, however, he favours us 

 with an entirely original anecdote, so original, that 

 neither the anecdote nor the tea-service were ever 

 heard of by H. S. Woodfall's family. Yet it must 

 be admitted that his story has all the characteristics 

 of authenticity — names, dates, places. I know, 

 indeed, but one objection, viz. that Mr. Woodfall 

 never was " in prison on account of the publication 

 of these redoubtable letters." He was tried, but 

 acquitted^ under the somewhat celebrated verdict 

 of " guilty of printing and publishing only." 



T. S. W. 



Cuddy, the Ass (Vol. v., p. 419.). — Jaraieson is 

 sometimes very absurd ; but in my edition of his 

 Dictionary (Edinburgh, 1808), I do not find 

 the Hindoo root for cuddy which you attribute 

 to him. I only find : " Cuddie, an ass — probably 

 a cant term ; " with a reference to the Lothian 

 dialect. 



But if it be worth while to answer such ques- 

 tions, I would remind the inquirer that in North- 

 umberland, and the adjoining districts of Scotland, 

 cuddie is the contraction of the very common 

 name of Cuthbert {teste " Cuddle Headrig ") ; and 

 that as the ass is called in other districts " Ned " 

 and " Neddy," and in others again " Dick " and 

 *' Dicky," so he is called in Northumberland Cuddie 

 by a name familiar in the locality. Everywhere 

 the male is called " Jack," and the female 

 "Jenny;" are these also derived from the Hin- 

 doostanee ? C. 



The Authorship of the Epigram upon the Letter 

 *'£r" (Vol. v., p. 258.). — I observe that a con- 

 troversy has lately been carried on in your columns 



upon the authorship of the celebrated enigma on 

 the letter H. Permit me, as one well acquainted 

 with the circumstances, to corroborate the state- 

 ment of E. H. Y. The epigram in question was 

 written at the Deepdene, the seat of the late 

 Thomas Hope, Esq., by Miss Catharine Fanshawe, 

 in the year 1816, as is recorded in the heading of ■ 

 the original MS. of it contained in a cotemporary 

 Deepdene Album still existing. 



You may rely upon the authenticity of this in- < 

 formation, which proceeds from one acquainted 

 with the volume in question and its history. B. P. 



John Rogers, Proiomartyr, ^c. — The reply to 

 my inquiry, as to the present descendants of this 

 celebrated divine, which appeared in " N. & Q.," 

 Vol. v., p. 307., is scarcely sufficient for the genea- 

 logical purpose for which I required the inform- 

 ation ; but I am not the less obliged to E. D. for 

 the attention given to my request; and I should 

 esteem it a favour to be further informed where I 

 could procure a complete genealogical account of 

 the family — to what county the martyr belonged, 

 or if other descendants survive besides those 

 mentioned by E. D. ? John Rogers, Gentleman, 

 buried in the nave of St. Sepulchre's Church, 

 London, 1775, was a native of Wales. 



I should feel grateful for any information, either 

 in " N. & Q." or directed to me. 



Joseph Knight. 



Aylestone Hall, Leicestershire. 



" Gee-ho" (Vol. il., p. 500.).— G^e is un- ' 

 doubtedly " go ;" and a-hit or hayt (common with 

 waggoners in Notts) is " yate," " gyate," or "gate." 

 Gang your gate. . Q. 



Twises (Vol. ii., p. 327.). — " Fr. estuy ; a sheath 

 case, or box to put things in, and more particu- 

 larly a case of little instruments, or sizzars, bod- 

 kin, penknife, &c., now commonly called ettwee." — 

 Cotgrave. Shenstone enumerates, among the 

 temptations to drain the purse : 

 " The cloud- wrought canes, the gorgeous snuff-boxes, 



The twinkling jewels, the gold etwee, 



With all its bright inhabitants." 



Economy, Part II. 



Q. 



Ancient Timber Town-halls (Vol. v., pp. 257. 

 295. 470.). — During a visit to Sudbury in Suffolk 

 in 1828, I was much struck with the old quaint- 

 looking timber building used for corporate pur- 

 poses, called the Moot Hall ; I made a rude pen- 

 and-ink sketch of the principal front. On a sub- 

 sequent visit I found this building was standing, 

 but that it had ceased to be used, a new town-hall 

 having been erected. Since then I hear that the 

 Moot Hall has been pulled down and its site 

 thrown into the market-place. If I recollect 

 rightly, the principal window of twelve lights was 

 unglazed. C. H. Cooper . 



