NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 138. 



divines ; and, like the red marks left hy the feet of ants on 

 litmus-paper, it discolours all his pages." 

 There are two vignettes in the work : one illus- 

 trates " Consider the lilies," concerning which the 

 artist had the benefit of an eminent botanist's 

 opinion, to ensure correctness in the design. The 

 other represents Solomon in all his glory, driving 

 his own chariot^ holding the reins in his right hand, 

 and a sceptre or " morning-star" in his left hand. 

 Methinks this illustration would not have passed 

 muster with Mr. Scharf or Dr. Braun. 



An Uplondishe Manse. 



Custom of Cranes in Storms. — Some of your 

 readers may be able further to illustrate the cus- 

 toms which I mention : 



" Ex avibus est prajsaglum coeli. When the crane 

 taketh up a stone and flies with it in h\s fool, it is a sign 

 of a storm." — Bishop Andrewes' Orphan Lectures, 

 p. 92. : Lond. ] 657, fol. 



Nonnus describes cranes as carrying stones in 

 their mouths to prevent them from being carried 

 hither and thither by the violence of winds and 

 storms. — Dyonysiacks, lib. xii. p. 689. : Antwerp, 

 1569. 



Bishop J. Taylor mentions a similar custom in 

 the case of geese, but there is a different reason 

 assigned for it : 



" ^lian tells of the geese flying over the mountain 

 Taurus : S>airep ifj.Pa\6vTes ffcplo'i (rrSfjiiov SiaTTfTovrat ; 

 that for fear of eagles nature hath tauglit them to carry 

 stones in their mouths till they be past their danger." 

 — Sermon XXIII. The Good and Evil Tongue, 

 Part II. ab init., p. 168.: Lond. 1678, fol. 



Kt. 



"Warmington. 



Aldress. — This word signifies the wife of an 

 alderman. It is found on a brass plate in the 

 following epitaph, in the church of St. Stephen, 

 iNorwich, as given by Blomefield, Hist. Norw., 1739, 

 vol. ii. p. 595. Where else may it be met with ? 

 It is assuredly a better designation than that of 

 " Mrs. Aid. A.," or " The Lady of Aid. B. ;" and, 

 from its occurrence in this place, seems to be a 

 term once in use : 



" Here ly buried Misstresse Maud Heade, 

 Sometyme an Aldress, but now am deade, 

 Anno MCCCCCLX and Seaven, 

 The XIII Day of April, then 

 My Lyf I leafte, as must all Men, 

 My Body yelding to Christen Dust, 

 My Soule to God the faithful! and Just." 



COWGILL. 



How the Ancient Irish used to crown their 

 King. — 



" A white cow was brought forth, which the kinj 

 must kill, and seeth in water whole, and bathe himself 

 therein stark naked ; then, sitting in the same cauldron, 

 his people about him, he must eat the flesh and drink 



the broth wherein he sitteth, without cup or dish, or 

 use of his hand." 



Cited by Sir R. Peel in the debate on the Union 

 with Ireland, April 25th, 1834. {Mirror of Parlia' 

 ment, p. 1311.) 



One of Junius^ s Correspondenis identified. — It 

 has often appeared to me that a portion of the 

 pages of "N. & Q." would be usefully employed 

 in supplying information relative to works either 

 anonymous, or by authors of whom little is known. 

 The French have one or two works expressly ou 

 this subject, but we have not any of the kind. 



I have a volume now before me, concerning the 

 author of which I now seek for information, as he 

 was one of those who entered the lists with Junius, 

 and addressed him under the signature of "An 

 Advocate in the Cause of the People." One of his 

 letters is reprinted in vol. i. p. 429. of (I am sorry 

 to say) the unsatisfactory edition of the Letters of 

 Junius recently published by Mr. Bohn ; but the 

 editor does not seem to have known the name of 

 this " Advocate." This I learn from the work in 

 question : Hope's Curious and Comic Miscellaneous- 

 Works^ started in his Walks : London, printed for 

 the Author, 8vo. without year or printer's name ; 

 but the Preface is dated April 24, 1780, and the 

 Dedication is signed "John Hope," who had, he 

 tells us, "once the honour of sitting " in the House 

 of Commons ; and he also informs us that Falk- 

 ner wrote part of the poem The /Shipwreck under 

 his roof. ISesides many amusing articles in prose 

 and verse, the volume contains twenty-one papers 

 entitled " The Leveller," which I believe originally 

 appeared periodically in the Westminster Mag. ; 

 but I do not find them noticed by Drake in his 

 Essays on that class of literature. F. R. A . 



Oak House. 



[We entirely agree with our Correspondent on the 

 subject of the first part of his Note; and can assure 

 him there are no communications which we more ear- 

 nestly desire than such as identify the authors of ano- 

 nymous works, or furnish new information respecting 

 writers of whom little is known. — Ed.] 



OLD MUSIC. 



I feel thankful to Dr. Rimbault for the " Old 

 Concert Bill" which you have printed in Vol. v., 

 p. 556., and wish it may lead to more contribu- 

 tions towards what does not exist, but is much to- 

 be wished for, a history of instrumental music in 

 this country. Having had this subject in my 

 mind a good while, and having had occasion to 

 observe how defective and erroneous the supposed 

 sources of information are, I have from time tO' 

 time made memoranda, which would be at the 

 service of anybody who would undertake such a 



